2022 FIM Endurance World Championship explained

The 2022 FIM Endurance World Championship (FIM EWC) was the 43rd season of the FIM Endurance World Championship, a motorcycle racing series co-organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) and Warner Bros. Discovery's Discovery Sports Events.
The 2022 season featured four rounds, starting with the 45th 24 Heures Motos at Le Mans, followed by the return of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps for the 24H SPA EWC Motos, the Suzuka 8 Hours in Japan and the 100th anniversary Bol d'Or at Circuit Paul Ricard in France.

Calendar

RaceCircuitLocationDate
124 Heures Motos Bugatti CircuitLe Mans, France16 - 17 April[1]
224H Spa EWC Motos Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium4 - 5 June[2]
3Suzuka 8 Hours Suzuka International Racing CourseSuzuka, Mie, Japan7 August[3]
4Bol d'Or Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, Var, France17 - 18 September[4]

Teams and riders

FIM EWC Teams
No.TeamBikeTyreRidersRounds
1 Yoshimura SERT MotulSuzuki GSX-R1000 Gregg BlackAll
Sylvain Guintoli1–2
Xavier SimeonAll
Kazuki Watanabe3
4 Tati Team Beringer Racing[5] Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR Alan TecherAll
Bastien Mackels1
Grégory LeblancAll
Loic Arbel2
5 F.C.C. TSR Honda France[6] Honda CBR1000RR-R Gino ReaAll
Joshua HookAll
Mike Di MeglioAll
6 Team ERC Endurance[7] Ducati Panigale V4 R David ChecaAll
Javier ForesAll
Philipp Öttl1
Chaz Davies2
7 YART–Yamaha EWC TeamYamaha YZF-R1 Marvin FritzAll
Niccolo CanepaAll
Karel HanikaAll
8 Team Bolliger Switzerland #8[8] Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR Jan BühnAll
Jesper PellijeffAll
Nico ThöniAll
9 Tecmas Racing TeamBMW M1000RR Camille Hedelin1
Marc Moser1
Maxime Bonnot1
10 Kawasaki Racing Team Suzuka 8HKawasaki ZX-10RR Jonathan Rea3
Alex Lowes3
Leon Haslam3
11 Webike SRC Kawasaki France[9] Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR Etienne MassonAll
Florian MarinoAll
Randy de PunietAll
14 Maco Racing TeamYamaha YZF-R1 Anthony WestAll
Enzo BoulomAll
Richard Bodis1
Ladislav Schmelik2
17 Astemo Honda Dream SI RacingHonda CBR1000RR-R SP Kazuma Watanabe3
Kosuke Sakumoto3
Taiga Hada3
30 Team GT EnduranceYamaha YZF-R1 Karl CroixAll
Paul DufourAll
Gillian FondardAll
33 Team HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R SP Takumi Takahashi3
Iker Lecuona3
Tetsuta Nagashima3
37 BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team[10] BMW M1000RR Illia MykhalchykAll
Jérémy GuarnoniAll
Markus ReiterbergerAll
65 Motobox Kremer RacingYamaha YZF-R1 Geoffroy DehayeAll
Lukas WalchhutterAll
Stefan StrohleinAll
77 Wójcik Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 Balint Kovacs[11] All
Sheridan Morais[12] 2
Dan Linfoot[13] 2
Robin Mulhauser1
Mathieu Gines1
88 Honda Asia-Dream Racing with Showa Honda CBR1000RR-R SP Zaqhwan Zaidi3
Gerry Salim3
Helmi Azman3
90 Team LPR PolandBMW S1000RR Dominik VinconAll
Bartlomiej LewandowskiAll
Stefan Kerschbaumer1
Pepijn Bijsterbosch2
95 S-Pulse Dream Racing • ITECSuzuki GSX-R1000 Hideyuki Ogata3
Takuya Tsuda3
Cocoro Atsumi3
96 Team Moto-AinYamaha YZF-R1 Corentin PerolariAll
Claudio CortiAll
Bradley Smith1
Isaac Vinales2
116 Kingtyre Fullgas Racing TeamKawasaki Ninja ZX-10RRK Arnaud Dejean1
Christophe Brard1
Dorian Da Re1
333 VRD Igol ExperiencesYamaha YZF-R1 Florian Alt[14] All
Erwan Nigon[15] All
Steven Odendaal[16] All
FIM Experimental Teams
No.TeamBikeTyreRidersRounds
17 ITeM 17Kawasaki ZX-10R Excentive Gabriel Pons2
Jacopo Cretaro2
Stephane Egea2
45 MetissMetiss JBB Concept Gabriel Pons1
Mathieu Charpin1
Lukas Trautmann1
FIM SST Teams
No.TeamBikeTyreRidersRounds
15 Aprilia Le Mans 2 RouesAprilia RSV4 Alex Bernardi1
Emmanuel Parisse1
Tanguy Zaepfel1
18 Team 18 Sapeurs PompiersYamaha YZF-R1 Hugo ClereAll
Philipp SteinmayrAll
Baptiste GuittetAll
24 BMRT 3D Maxxess NeversKawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR Anthony LoiseauAll
Loris CressonAll
Loic Arbel1
Vincent Lonbois2
33 Team 33 Louit April MotoKawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR Christian GamarinoAll
Simone SaltarelliAll
Stephane Egea1
Kevin Calia2
36 3Art Best Of BikeYamaha YZF-R1 Nicolas EscudierAll
Martin RenaudinAll
Matthieu LagriveAll
41 RAC 41 ChromeBurner[17] Honda CBR1000RR-R SP Chris LeeschAll
Wayne TesselsAll
Joseph Foray1
Eddy Dupuy2
44 No Limits Motor TeamSuzuki GSX-R1000 Luca ScassaAll
Alexis MasbouAll
Kevin Calia1
Stefan Hill2
55 National Motos HondaHonda CBR1000RR-R Sebastien SuchetAll
Valentin SuchetAll
Guillaume RaymondAll
56 PlayersKawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR Arnaud de KimpeAll
Leonard Vignat1
Felix Rodriguez1
David Drieghe2
Vincent Rutkowski2
64 Kawasaki Plaza Racing TeamKawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR Ryosuke Iwato3
Naoki Kiyosue3
Yuta Okaya3
66 OG Motorsport by Sarazin[18] Yamaha YZF-R1 Cocoro AtsumiAll
Roberto RolfoAll
Alex Plancassagne1
Alexandre Santo Domingues1
83 JLD CitybikeYamaha YZF-R1 Jonathan SautifAll
Florian Avazeri1
Paul Carew1
Marcel Zuurbier1
Lionel Bergeron2
86 Pitlane Endurance 86[19] Yamaha YZF-R1 Rodi PakAll
Maxim PellizottiAll
Adrian Parassol1
Joseph Foray2
91 Energie Endurance 91Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR Christian NapoliAll
Jan MohrAll
Pawel Szkopek1
Martin Choy2
94 Team LH RacingYamaha YZF-R1 Johan NigonAll
Enzo de la VegaAll
Hugo Robert1
Lukas Trautmann2
97 ADSS 97Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR Jonathan RailtonAll
Christopher PlattAll
John Blackshaw1
James Edwards2
101 Team AviobikeYamaha YZF-R1 Anthony GroppiAll
Patrick DanglAll
Gerold Gesslbauer1
Yves Lindegger1
121 Falcon Racing[20] Yamaha YZF-R1 David ChevalierAll
Loïc MilletAll
Théo EisenAll
777 Wójcik Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 Danny Webb[21] All
Kevin Manfredi[22] All
Marek Szkopek[23] All

Results and Standings

Race Results

RoundCircuitPole PositionFastest LapFormula EWC WinnersSuperstock WinnersExperimental WinnersReport
1 Le Mans YART - Yamaha Official Team EWC Yoshimura SERT Motul Yoshimura SERT Motul Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers Metiss[24]
Karel Hanika Marvin Fritz

Niccolò Canepa

Gregg Black Gregg Black Xavier Siméon

Sylvain Guintoli

Hugo Clere Baptiste Guittet

Philipp Steinmayr

Gabriel Pons Alexandre Santo-Dominques

Lukas Trautmann

2 Spa YART - Yamaha Official Team EWC Yoshimura SERT Motul BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team LH Racing Item 17[25]
Karel Hanika Marvin Fritz

Niccolò Canepa

Sylvain Guintoli Markus Reiterberger Illia Mykhalchyk

Jeremy Guarnoni

Johan Nigon Enzo de la Vega

Lukas Trautmann

Gabriel Pons Jacopo Cretaro

Stephane Egea

3 Suzuka Team HRC Team HRC Kawasaki Plaza Racing Teamdid not Participate[26]
Takumi Takahashi Iker Lecuona

Tetsuta Nagashima

Tetsuta Nagashima Takumi Takahashi Iker Lecuona

Tetsuta Nagashima

Ryosuke Iwato Yuta Okaya

Naoki Kiyosue

4 Le Castellet BMW Motorrad World Endurance BMW Motorrad World Endurance VRD Igol Experiences RAC 41 ChromeBurner Metiss[27]
Markus Reiterberger Illia Mykhalchyk

Jeremy Guarnoni

Illia Mykhalchyk Florian Alt Erwan Nigon

Steven Odendaal

Chris Leesch Wayne Tessels

Jonathan Hardt

Gabriel Pons Mathieu Charpin

Ludovic Rizza

Championship standings

Points systems
Duration1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th
24 Hrs4033282421191715131110987654321
12 Hrs3529252118161413121110987654321
Less than 8 Hrs3024211917151413121110987654321
6049.5423631.528.525.522.519.516.51513.51210.597.564.531.5
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FIM EWC World Championship Team Rankings

Pos.NoTeamBikeTyre LE MANS SPA SUZUKA BOL D'ORPoints
Grid8 Hrs16 Hrs24 HrsGrid8 Hrs16 Hrs24 HrsGrid8 HrsGrid8 Hrs16 Hrs24 Hrs
15 F.C.C. TSR Honda FranceHonda CBR 1000RR-R3108282932821126636154
21 Yoshimura SERT Motul491040310624213Ret--130
3333 Viltais Racing IgolYamaha YZF-R167Ret15199760114
44 Tati Team Beringer RacingKawasaki ZX-10R432168338915107
577 Wójcik Racing TeamYamaha YZF-R100Ret57217849.597.5
67 YART - Yamaha Official Team EWCYamaha YZF-R158933579Ret3144Ret--97
78 Team Bolliger SwitzerlandKawasaki ZX-10R562442153425.588.5
811 Webike SRC Kawasaki France TrickstarKawasaki ZX-10R70151Ret--7154278
96 ERC Endurance DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R105170Retstyle="background:#efcfff;"-101031.574.5
1090 Team LRP PolandBMW S1000RR341921132322.569.5
1137 BMW Motorrad World Endurance TeamBMW M1000RR2Ret--481040Ret5Ret--69
1214 Maco Racing TeamYamaha YZF-R1011130114228.560.5
1333 Team HRCHonda CBR 1000RR-RSP53035
1465 Motobox Kremer Racing Yamaha YZF-R12Retstyle="background:#efcfff;"-00100119.532.5
1510 Kawasaki Racing Team Suzuka 8HKawasaki ZX-10RR42428
1696 Moto AINYamaha YZF-R1Retstyle="background:#efcfff;"-style="background:#efcfff;"-0417150Ret27
1795 S-Pulse Dream Racing • ITECSuzuki GSX-R10001919
18104 TOHO RacingHonda CBR 1000RR-R1717
1985 TONE RT SYNCEDGE 4413 BMWBMW M1000RR0016.516.5
2072 Honda Dream RT SAKURAI HONDAHonda CBR 1000RR-R1515
30 Team GT enduranceYamaha YZF-R1021315
2240 Team ATJ with JAPAN POSTHonda CBR 1000RR-R1313
2350 TEAM KODAMAYamaha YZF-R11212
2488 Honda Asia-Dream Racing with ShowaHonda CBR 1000RR-R1010
116 Kingtyre Fullgas Racing TeamYamaha YZF-R1K001010
2654 GOSHI RacingHonda CBR 1000RR-R99
2744 SANMEI Team TARO PLUSONEBMW M1000RR88
2860 Honda Hamamatsu ESCARGOT RTHonda CBR 1000RR-R66
293 KRP SANYOKOGYO&RS-ITOHKawasaki ZX-10RR55
3099 ADVANCE MC & FOC CLAYMORE EDGE with DOGHOUSESuzuki GSXR-1000R44
3127 TransMapRacing with ACE CAFESuzuki GSXR-100033
3278 Honda Blue Helmets MSC Kumamoto & AsakaHonda CBR 1000RR-R22
339 Tecmas Mersen GMCBMW S1000RR10Ret1
9 Murayama. Honda Dream. RTHonda CBR 1000RR-R11
73 SDG Honda RacingHonda CBR 1000RR-R1NC1

FIM EWC World Championship Manufacturer's Rankings

ManufacturerLE MANS
SPA
SUZUKA
BOL D'OR
Points
1 Yamaha464026110221.5
2 Kawasaki45483167.5191.5
3 Honda28284736139
4 BMW1953839119
5 Suzuki402440-104
6 Ducati17--31.548.5

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NEXT 24 HEURES MOTOS TO BE HELD ON 16 AND 17 APRIL 2022. 2021-09-17. 2021-12-30. www.fimewc.com.
  2. Web site: 24H SPA EWC MOTOS - MOTORCYCLE ENDURANCE TO RETURN TO SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS ON 4 AND 5 JUNE 2022. 2021-10-09. 2021-12-30. www.fimewc.com.
  3. Web site: FIM ENDURANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RETURNS TO SUZUKA. 2021-11-24. 2021-12-30. www.fimewc.com.
  4. Web site: GET READY FOR THE 2022 BOL D'OR. 2021-12-23. 2021-12-30. www.fimewc.com.
  5. Web site: TATI TEAM BERINGER RACING BRINGS IN MORE BIG GUNS FOR EWC. 2022-02-18. 2022-02-18. www.fimewc.com.
  6. Web site: GINO REA JOINS F.C.C. TSR HONDA FRANCE. 2021-12-14. 2021-12-30. www.fimewc.com.
  7. Web site: SPANISH GAIN: ERC ENDURANCE DUCATI ADDS CHECA AND FORES FOR EWC 2022. 2022-01-28. 2022-01-28. www.fimewc.com.
  8. News: BOLLIGER TEAM SWITZERLAND IN THE THICK OF PREPARATIONS. 24 December 2021. www.fimewc.com.
  9. Web site: NEW SET-UP IN 2022 FOR WEBIKE SRC KAWASAKI FRANCE TRICKSTAR. 2021-12-09. 2021-12-30. www.fimewc.com.
  10. Web site: JÉRÉMY GUARNONI JOINS BMW MOTORRAD WORLD ENDURANCE TEAM. 2021-12-03. 2021-12-30. www.fimewc.com.
  11. Web site: Kovács Bálint: teljes szezon az Endurance VB-n!. 2021-12-29. 2021-12-30. p1race.com. 2021-12-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20211230160921/https://p1race.com/hir/kovacs_balint_teljes_szezon_az_endurance_vb-n_20211229. dead.
  12. Web site: RANDY KRUMMENACHER JOINS WÓJCIK RACING TEAM. 2021-12-10. 2021-12-30. www.fimewc.com.
  13. Web site: RANDY KRUMMENACHER JOINS WÓJCIK RACING TEAM. 2021-12-10. 2021-12-30. www.fimewc.com.
  14. Web site: STEVEN ODENDAAL JOINS VRD IGOL EXPERIENCES. 2021-12-20. 2021-12-30. www.fimewc.com.
  15. Web site: BIG BOOST: VRD IGOL EXPERIENCES RECRUITS FORMER CHAMPION NIGON FOR EWC. 2022-01-07. 2022-01-08. www.fimewc.com.
  16. Web site: HIKARI OKUBO. 2021-12-20. 2021-12-30. www.fimewc.com.
  17. Web site: TOP 2021 RESULT AND TEAM FOUNDER'S MEMORY THE MOTIVATION BEHIND RAC 41 CHROMEBURNER'S 2022 EWC BID. 2022-01-14. 2022-01-14. www.fimewc.com.
  18. Web site: OG MOTORSPORT BY SARAZIN ALL SET FOR 2022. 2021-11-26. 2021-12-30. www.fimewc.com.
  19. Web site: PITLANE ENDURANCE'S NEW RECRUIT. 2021-12-28. 2021-12-30. www.fimewc.com.
  20. Web site: FALCON'S FAB EWC FOUR REVEALED. 2022-02-07. 2022-02-12. www.fimewc.com.
  21. Web site: MANFREDI THE "PERFECT REINFORCEMENT" FOR WOJCIK RACING TEAM IN EWC. 2022-01-05. 2022-01-05. www.fimewc.com.
  22. Web site: MANFREDI THE "PERFECT REINFORCEMENT" FOR WOJCIK RACING TEAM IN EWC. 2022-01-05. 2022-01-05. www.fimewc.com.
  23. Web site: MANFREDI THE "PERFECT REINFORCEMENT" FOR WOJCIK RACING TEAM IN EWC. 2022-01-05. 2022-01-05. www.fimewc.com.
  24. Web site: RACE REPORT: JAPANESE JOY MADE IN FRANCE AS YOSHIMURA SERT MOTUL WINS EWC 24 HEURES MOTOS. fimewc.com. April 17, 2022. October 4, 2022. October 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221008005750/https://www.fimewc.com/race-report-japanese-joy-made-in-france-as-yoshimura-sert-motul-wins-ewc-24-heures-motos/. dead.
  25. Web site: RACE REPORT: BMW TEAM STARS AT SPA IN ACTION-PACKED 24-HOUR EWC COUNTER. fimewc.com. June 5, 2022. October 4, 2022.
  26. Web site: HOME JOY AS TEAM HRC MAKES IT THREE WINNERS FROM THREE EWC ROUNDS WITH SUZUKA VICTORY. fimewc.com. August 8, 2022. October 4, 2022.
  27. Web site: RACE REPORT: VILTAIS RACING IGOL TAKES DRAMATIC WIN AS BOL D'OR CENTENARY SERVES UP AN EWC THRILLER. fimewc.com. September 18, 2022. October 4, 2022.