2023 FIM Long Track World Championship explained

2023 Individual Long Track World Championship
Date Start:	18 May
Date End:	17 September
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The 2023 FIM Long Track World Championship was the 53rd edition of the FIM Individual Long Track World Championship.^[1] ^[2]

Mathieu Trésarrieu was the defending champion having won the title in 2022, but did not compete.^[3]

Germany's Martin Smolinski won the championship by seven points from Chris Harris, despite not winning a Grand Prix. It was the second time he won the title, having also triumphed in 2018. Kenneth Kruse Hansen completed the podium on countback, ahead of Zach Wajtknecht.

Venues

width=30	Final	width=100	Date	width=200	Venue	width=200	Winner
1	18 May		Josef Franc^[4]
2	17 June	Ostrów Wielkopolski	Chris Harris^[5]
3	13 July		Chris Harris^[6]
4	20 August		Kenneth Kruse Hansen^[7]
5	2 September		Romano Hummel^[8]
6	17 September		Kenneth Kruse Hansen^[9]

Final Classification

width=20	Pos	width=300	Rider	width=40	Final 1	width=40	Final 2	width=40	Final 3	width=40	Final 4	width=40	Final 5	width=40	Final 6	width=100	Total
1		13	19	19	17	19	19	106
2		10	21	21	19	17	11	99
3		2	17	3	21	13	21	77
4		19	13	17	4	9	15	77
5		11	5	9	10	21	17	73
6		21	11	7	2	10	13	64
7		9	7	11	11	11	5	54
8		17	8	13	9	x	x	47
	Hynek Štichauer	1	15	10	3	8	10	47
10		x	3	15	5	15	7	45
11		3	9	8	7	3	2	32
12		8	2	1	13	2	3	29
		7	4	5	8	1	4	29
14		15	1	x	x	7	1	24
15		x	x	4	0	4	9	17
16		x	x	x	15	x	x	15
17		x	10	x	x	x	x	10
18		0	x	x	1	x	8	9
19		5	x	x	x	x	x	5
		x	x	0	x	5	x	5
21		4	x	x	x	x	x	4
22		x	x	2	x	x	x	2
23		x	x	x	0	x	x	0

Notes and References

Web site: Long Track World Championship comes to life this Thursday . FIM . 10 June 2023 .
Web site: Zach on the attack . FIM . 10 June 2023 .
Web site: Mathieu Trésarrieu: No World Cup - Lots of Work at the Job. Speedweek. 17 September 2023 .
Web site: FRANC STRIKES FIRST AS WAJTKNECHT IS SECOND IN 2023 FIM LONG TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OPENER – RACE REPORT & RESULTS . Dirt Hub . 10 June 2023.
Web site: Gold for Harris in Ostrow. British Speedway . 19 June 2023.
Web site: Harris takes second World Long Track win. FIM Moto. 14 July 2023.
Web site: Scheessel result. FIM Moto. 3 September 2023.
Web site: Victory for Hummel sets up thrilling decider . FIM Moto. 3 September 2023.
Web site: FIM Long Track World Championship-Final 6-Mühldorf. Baansport fansite. 17 September 2023.