FIM Endurance World Championship

The long distance races appeared almost at the same time of the invention of the internal combustion engine at the end of the 19th century, with races being held between major cities such as Paris-Rouen in 1894, Paris-Bordeaux, Paris-Madrid and others. In those years cars and motos raced together, competing for speed (fastest time) or regularity (achieving a certain objective time). These races on open roads were very dangerous, and the successive fatal tragedies (such as 1903 Paris-Madrid) move the race to roads closed to normal traffic (before the creation of real racing circuits) led to the separation of cars and motos, and the long distance races turning into rallies.

The Bol d’Or (most famous and prestigious Endurance race) was held for the first time in 1922 on the circuit of Vaujours, near Paris (a beaten-earth road circuit used since 1888 for 24-hour competitions for bicycles). Other endurance races were created after World War II, such as 24 Hour Race in Warsage (Belgium) in 1951, the 500 Miles of Thruxton in 1955, the 24 Hours of Montjuich in Barcelona in 1957, and the 24 hours of Monza (Italy) in 1959.. At the beginning, most races were held over 24 Hours, but soon shorter races were introduced, defined in terms either of distance (500 Miles, 1000 Miles, and much later even 200 Miles) or of time (12 Hours, 8 Hours or 6 Hours).[2]

The series was founded in 1960 as the FIM Endurance Cup.[3] Initially it was made up of four races: Thruxton 500, 24 hours of Montjuïc, 24 hours of Warsage and the Bol d'Or.[3]

The Bol d’Or was not held between 1961 and 1968, while the 1000 km of Paris was held twice on the circuit of Montlhéry. In the first decade, the FIM EC races were held essentially in Great Britain, Italy and Spain – the three countries with more riders

In 1976 the FIM Endurance Cup became the European Championship and in 1980 a World Championship. During the 1980s the Endurance World Championship calendar numbered up to ten events. The championship's popularity gradually declined and the calendar was gradually reduced to just the four so-called “classics”: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Liège (held in Spa-Francorchamps), 8 Hours Of Suzuka, and the Bol d'Or (held mostly on Paul Ricard or Magny-Cours).

In 1989 and 1990 the Championship went back to a World Cup status, as the number of events required by the FIM Sporting Code was not reached.

The 4 events championship (with 24 Hours of Liège being replaced by other races) in the same year was maintained until 2016. In 2015 FIM and the pan-European television sports network, Eurosport signed a deal for the promotion and coverage of the competition. With this, the organization re-ordered the events, in order to the new championship starting in September and finishing in July, with the European races being held during the winter avoiding the MotoGP and Superbikes schedules.

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Year	Winning riders	Winning bike	2nd place riders	2nd place bike	3rd place riders	3rd place bike
1980	Marc Fontan Hervé Moineau	Honda	Christian Huguet	Kawasaki	Helmut Dähne	Honda
1981	Jean Lafond Raymond Roche	Kawasaki	Christian Huguet	Kawasaki	Jean-Claude Chemarin	Kawasaki
1982	Jean-Claude Chemarin Jacques Cornu	Kawasaki	Hervé Guilleux Jean Lafond	Kawasaki	Johan van der Wal	Honda
1983	Richard Hubin Hervé Moineau	Suzuki GS series	Patrick Igoa Jean Lafond	Kawasaki	Jacques Cornu	Kawasaki
1984	Gerard Coudray Patrick Igoa	Honda RVF750	Guy Bertin Dominique Sarron	Honda	Patrick de Radigues Jean-Pierre Oudin	Suzuki
1985	Gerard Coudray Patrick Igoa	Honda RVF750	Jean-Pierre Oudin	Suzuki	Patrick de Radigues	Suzuki
1986	Patrick Igoa	Honda RVF750	Alex Vieira	Honda	Gérard Coudray	Honda
1987	Hervé Moineau Bruno Le Bihan	Suzuki	Johan van Vaerenbergh	Kawasaki	Eric de Donker	Kawasaki
1988	Hervé Moineau Thierry Crine	Suzuki	Alex Vieira Christophe Boubehin	Honda	Bruno le Bihan	Suzuki
1989	Alex Vieira	Honda RVF750	Roger Burnett	Honda	Jean-Michel Mattioli	Honda
1990	Alex Vieira	Honda	Jean-Michel Mattioli Stéphane Mertens	Honda	Miguel Duhamel	Suzuki
1991	Alex Vieira	Kawasaki	Jean-Louis Battistini	Kawasaki	Rachel Nicotte Pierre Monneret	Yamaha
1992	Terry Rymer Carl Fogarty	Kawasaki	Michel Graziano	Suzuki	Jéhan d’Orgeix	Kawasaki
1993	Doug Toland	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-7R	Brian Morrison Wilfried Veille	Kawasaki	Simon Buckmaster Steve Manley	Kawasaki
1994	Adrien Morillas	Kawasaki	Bruno Bonhuil Philippe Monneret Juan-Éric Gomez	Suzuki	Jean-Louis Battistini	Kawasaki
1995	Stéphane Mertens Jean-Michel Mattioli	Honda RC45	Terry Rymer	Kawasaki	Bruno Bonhuil	Kawasaki
1996	Brian Morrison	Kawasaki	Alex Vieira William Costes Christian Lavieille	Honda	Piergiorgio Bontempi	Kawasaki
1997	Peter Goddard Doug Polen	Suzuki	Juan-Éric Gomez	Suzuki	Christian Lavieille William Costes	Honda
1998	Doug Polen Christian Lavieille	Honda RC45	Bertrand Sebileau	Kawasaki	William Costes	Honda
1999	Terry Rymer Jéhan d'Orgeix	Suzuki	Christian Lavieille	Suzuki	Bruno Bonhuil	Suzuki
2000	Peter Lindén Warwick Nowland	Suzuki	Stéphane Mertens	Suzuki	Nicolas Dussauge Christophe Guyot Sébastien Scamato	Kawasaki

Year	Winning Team	Points	Winning Bike	Winning Riders	2nd	2nd riders	3rd	3rd riders
2001	WIM Motors Racing	182	Honda RC51	Albert Aerts Laurent Naveau Heinz Platacis	Free Bike Performance	Matthieu Lagrive Eric Mizera Bertrand Sibileau Cyril Fernandez	Honda Elf	Fabien Foret Sébastien Gimbert William Costes Sébastien Charpentier
2002	Zongshen 2	123	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Warwick Nowland Stephane Mertens Igor Jerman Giovanni Bussei	Zongshen 9	Bruno Bonhuil Pierrot Lerat Vanstaen Igor Jerman	GMT 94	Sebastien Scarnato Christophe Guyot William Costes
2003	Suzuki GB - Phase One	143	Suzuki GSX-R1000	James Ellison Jason Pridmore Andy Notman Dean Ellison Josh Hayes Olivier Four Jimmy Lindstrom	Zongshen 1	Warwick Nowland Stéphane Mertens Igor Jerman	GMT 94	Christophe Guyot William Costes Sébastien Gimbert Sebastien Scarnato David Checa
2004	Yamaha - GMT 94	169	Yamaha YZF-R1	David Checa William Costes Sebastien Gimbert Christophe Guyot	Suzuki Castrol	Olivier Four Vincent Philippe Matthieu Lagrive	Endurance Moto 38	Fréderic Jond Gwen Giabbani Stéphane Duterne
2005	Suzuki Castrol	134	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Keiichi Kitagawa Vincent Philippe Matthieu Lagrive	Bolliger Team	Marcel Kellenberger David Morillon	Yamaha Austrian Racing Team	Gwen Giabbani Igor Jerman
2006	Suzuki Castrol	185	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Keiichi Kitagawa Matthieu Lagrive Vincent Philippe	Yamaha Austrian Racing Team	Sébastien Scamato Gwen Giabbani Igor Jerman	Phase One	Warwick Nowland Damian Cudlin Christer Miinin
2007	Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	165	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Matthieu Lagrive Vincent Philippe Julien Da Costa	Team Kawasaki France	Gwen Giabbani Julián Mazuecos Steve Parker	Yamaha Austrian Racing Team	Igor Jerman Sébastien Scamato Damian Cudlin
2008	Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	109	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Julien Da Costa Vincent Philippe Matthieu Lagrive Guillaume Dietrich	Yamaha Austrian Endurance Team	Igor Jerman Steve Martin Steve Plater Gwen Giabbani	Folch Endurance	Daniel Ribalta Pedro Vallcaneras Felipe López David Tomás José Rita
2009	Yamaha Austria Racing Team	145	Yamaha YZF-R1	Gwen Giabbani Igor Jerman Steve Martin	Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers	Stéphane Molinier David Briére Jérome Tangre	Bolliger Team	Horst Saiger Patric Muff Rico Penzkofer Éric Mizera
2010	Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	133	Suzuki GSX-R 1000	Vincent Philippe Freddy Foray Sylvain Guintoli Guillaume Dietrich Daisaku Sakai	Bolliger Team	Horst Saiger Roman Stamm Patric Muff Frederic Chabosseau	Yamaha Austria Endurance Team	Gwen Giabbani Igor Jerman Steve Martin
2011	Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	109	Suzuki GSX-R 1000	Vincent Philippe Freddy Foray Daisaku Sakai Baptiste Guittet	BMW Motorad France	Sébastien Gimbert Erwan Nigon Damian Cudlin Hugo Marchand	GMT 94	Kenny Foray Matthieu Lagrive David Checa
2012	Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	128	Suzuki GSX-R 1000	Anthony Delhalle Vincent Philippe Freddy Foray Yukio Kagayama Takuya Tsuda	BMW Motorad France	Sébastien Gimbert Erwan Nigon Damian Cudlin	GMT 94	Kenny Foray Mathieu Lagrive Gwen Giabbani David Checa
2013	Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	93	Suzuki GSX-R 1000	Anthony Delhalle Vincent Philippe Julien Da Costa Alexander Cudlin	GMT 94	David Checa Kenny Foray Matthieu Lagrive Maxime Berger	SRC Kawasaki	Grégory Leblanc Loris Baz Jérémy Guarnoni Nicolas Salchaud Fabien Foret
2014	Yamaha Racing - GMT 94 - Michelin	141	Yamaha YZF-R1	David Checa Mathieu Gines Kenny Foray	Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	Anthony Delhalle Erwan Nigon Vincent Philippe Damian Cudlin	Team Bolliger #8	Horst Saiger Daniel Sutter Roman Stamm Marc Wildesen
2015	Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	154	Suzuki GSX-R 1000	Anthony Delhalle Etienne Masson Vincent Philippe	GMT 94	David Checa Kenny Foray Mathieu Gines	SRC Kawasaki	Grégory LeBlanc Mathieu Lagrive Fabien Foret
2016	Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	88	Suzuki GSX-R 1000	Anthony Delhalle Etienne Masson Vincent Philippe	GMT 94	David Checa Niccolo Canepa Lucas Mahias	April Moto Motors Event	Grégory Fastré Gregg Black Alexander Cudlin
2016–17	GMT94 Yamaha	146	Yamaha YZF-R1	Niccolò Canepa David Checa Mike Di Meglio Lucas Mahias	Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	Anthony Delhalle Vincent Philippe Etienne Masson Alexander Cudlin Sodo Hamahara	Yamaha Austria Racing Team	Broc Parkes Iván Silva Marvin Fritz Kohta Nozane
2017–18	F.C.C. TSR Honda France	171,5	Honda CBR1000RR	Joshua Hook Alan Techer Freddy Foray	GMT 94	David Checa Niccolo Canepa Mike Di Meglio	Honda Endurance Racing	Julien Da Costa Sébastien Gimbert Erwan Nigon Yonny Hernández
2018–19	Team SRC Kawasaki France	145,5	Kawasaki ZX-10R	Jérémy Guarnoni David Checa Erwan Nigon Randy de Puniet	F.C.C TSR Honda	Freddy Foray Josh Hook Mike Di Meglio	Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	Vincent Philippe Etienne Masson Gregg Black
2019–20	Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	167,5	Suzuki GSX-R 1000	Etienne Masson Gregg Black Xavier Simeon Vincent Philippe	Yamaha Austria Racing Team	Marvin Fritz Niccolo Canepa Broc Parkes Karel Hanika Loris Baz	F.C.C. TSR Honda	Freddy Foray Josh Hook Mike Di Meglio
2021	Yoshimura SERT Motul	175,5	Suzuki GSX-R 1000R	Sylvain Guintoli Gregg Black Xavier Simeon	BMW Motorrad World Endurance	Ilya Mykhalchyk Markus Reiterberger Kenny Foray Javier Forés	Webike SRC Kawasaki	David Checa Jérémy Guarnoni Erwan Nigon
2022	F.C.C. TSR Honda France	154	Honda CBR1000RR-R	Joshua Hook Mike Di Meglio Gino Rea Alan Techer	Yoshimura Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	Gregg Black Xavier Simeon Sylvain Guintoli Kazuki Watanabe	Viltais Racing Igol	Erwan Nigon Florian Alt Steven Odendaal

Points systems[6]

• For Manufacturers only the highest placed motorcycle will gain points, according to the position in the race.

• For races with duration from 12 to 24 hours, the Top 10 teams after 8 hrs and 16 hrs receive bonus points.
• Manufacturers are not concerned by this rule and will not receive bonus points.

• On each race,Top 5 teams on starting grid receive bonus points.

Motorcycles must be based on road going models with a valid FIM homologation[6]

• Official website
• Official website at FIM
• Race24.com Unofficial website, covering the championship since 1999. Archive of official site between 2005 and 2006