2021 FIM Endurance World Championship

The 2021 FIM Endurance World Championship (FIM EWC) was the 42nd season of the FIM Endurance World Championship, a motorcycle racing series co-organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) and Eurosport Events.

Calendar edit

The 2021 championship was scheduled to consists of 5 races in Europe and Asia.
The calendar was released on 29 December 2020.^[1] On 17 March 2021; the calendar was updated and the races of 12 Hours of Estoril and Suzuka 8 Hours swapped their places in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] Therefore, the season began on the 17 April with the 24 Hours Moto in France, and was scheduled to end on the 7 November with the Suzuka 8 Hours in Japan.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location	Date
1	24 Heures Motos	Bugatti Circuit	Le Mans, France	12–13 June^[3]
2	12 Hours of Estoril	Autodromo do Estoril	Cascais, Portugal	17 July^[a]
3	Bol d'Or	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, Var, France	18–19 September
4	6 Hours of Most	Autodrom Most	Most, Czech Rep.	9 October^[4]
Cancelled
	8 Hours of Oschersleben	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	13 May^[b]
	Suzuka 8 Hours	Suzuka International Racing Course	Suzuka, Mie Japan	7 November^[c]

Calendar Changes edit

After being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 8 Hours of Oschersleben, Suzuka 8 Hours and the Bol d'Or all returned to the calendar.
The 8 Hours of Sepang was dropped from the calendar.
On 17 March 2021; 12 Hours of Estoril and Suzuka 8 Hours swapped their places in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Suzuka 8 Hours was later cancelled.
Also due to COVID-19, 24 Hours Moto and 8 Hours of Oschersleben were first delayed.
The race at Autodrom Most was then added following the cancellation of the Oschersleben and Suzuka eight-hour races. Originally an eight-hour race, the event, part of the FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic (which is also promoted by Eurosport) schedule, it was reduced to six hours because of restrictions at the event.^[5]^[6]

Teams and riders

FIM EWC Teams edit

No.	Team	Bike	Tyre	Riders	Rounds
1	Yoshimura SERT Motul	Suzuki GSX-R 1000R	B	Gregg Black	All
				Xavier Siméon	All
				Sylvain Guintoli	All
4	Tati Team Beringer Racing	Kawasaki ZX-10R	M	Alan Techer	1, 3
				Sébastien Suchet	All
				Julien Enjolras	1
				Morgan Berchet	2-3
				Valentin Suchet	2, 4
				Enzo Boulom	4
5	F.C.C. TSR Honda France	Honda CBR 1000 SP	B	Joshua Hook	All
				Yuki Takahashi	All
				Mike Di Meglio	All
6	Team ERC Endurance	Ducati Panigale V4 R	M	Mathieu Gines	All
				Louis Rossi	1-2
				Etienne Masson	All
				Lorenzo Zanetti	3-4
7	YART - Yamaha Official Team EWC	Yamaha YZF-R1	B	Karel Hanika	All
				Marvin Fritz	All
				Niccolò Canepa	All
8	Team Bolliger Switzerland #8	Kawasaki ZX-10R	M	Jan Bühn	All
				Jesper Pellijeff	All
				Ondřej Ježek	1
				Marcel Brenner	2
				Nico Thöni	3
				Nigel Walraven	4
9	Tecmas BMW	BMW S1000RR	M	Camille Hedelin	3
				Dylan Buisson	3
				Maxime Bonnot	3
11	Webike SRC Kawasaki France	Kawasaki ZX-10R	D	Jeremy Guarnoni	All
				Erwan Nigon	All
				David Checa	All
14	MACO Racing Team	Yamaha YZF-R1	D	Gregory Leblanc	1
				Enzo Boulom	1
				Charles Diller	1
				Anthony West	3-4
				Ondřej Ježek	3-4
				Marc Moser	3
30	GT Endurance	Yamaha YZF-R1	M	Camille Lageon	1
				Karl Croix	1
				Paul Dufour	1
36	3ART Best of Bike	Yamaha YZF-R1	M	Nicolas Escudier	1-2
				Matthieu Lagrive	1
				Morgan Berchet	1
				Martin Renaudin	2
				Ludovic Rizza	2
37	BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team	BMW S1000RR	D	Markus Reiterberger	All
				Ilya Mykhalchyk	1,3-4
				Javier Fores	1-2
				Kenny Foray	2-4
65	Motobox Kremer Racing #65	Yamaha YZF-R1	D	Geoffroy Dehaye	All
				Stefan Ströhlein	1-2, 4
				Benjamin Colliaux	1, 3
				Kevin Jacob	2
				Lukas Walchhütter	3-4
77	Wójcik Racing Team	Yamaha YZF-R1	D	Sylvain Barrier	1
				Balint Kovacs	1
				Artur Wielebski	1
				Gino Rea	2-4
				Michael Laverty	2
				Michal Filla	2
				Sheridan Morais	3-4
				Dan Linfoot	3-4
90	Team LRP Poland	BMW S1000RR	P	Dominik Vincon	1, 4
				Kamil Krzemien	1, 3-4
				Bartolomiej Lewandowski	1, 4
				Nigel Walraven	2
				Stefan Kerschbaumer	2-3
				Thomas Gradinger	2
				Julian Puffe	2
96	Moto AIN	Yamaha YZF-R1	D	Randy De Puniet	All
				Roberto Rolfo	1-3
				Robin Mulhauser	1-3
				Loris Baz	4
				Corentin Perolari	4
98	EMRT Endurance Monaco Racing Team	Yamaha YZF-R1	D	Reynald Castillon	3
				Bruno Weber	3
				Hugo Robert	3
333	VRD Igol Experiences	Yamaha YZF-R1	D	Florian Alt	All
				Florian Marino	1-3
				Nicolas Terol	1-3

Results and Standings edit

Race Results edit

Round	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Formula EWC Winners	Superstock Winners	Experimental Winners	Report
1	Le Mans	YART - Yamaha Official Team EWC	Tati Team Beringer Racing	Yoshimura SERT Motul	Honda National Motos	Metiss JBB	^[7]
1	Le Mans	Karel Hanika Marvin Fritz Niccolò Canepa	Alan Techer	Gregg Black Xavier Siméon Sylvain Guintoli	Guillaume Antiga Stéphane Egea Kévin Trueb	Gabriel Pons Ludovic Rizza Mathieu Charpin	^[7]
2	Estoril	YART - Yamaha Official Team EWC	Yoshimura SERT Motul	F.C.C. TSR Honda	BMRT 3D Maxxess Nevers	No Entries	^[8]
2	Estoril	Karel Hanika Marvin Fritz Niccolò Canepa	Sylvain Guintoli	Joshua Hook Yuki Takahashi Mike Di Meglio	Jonathan Hardt Julien Pilot Loris Cresson	No Entries	^[8]
3	Le Castellet	Yoshimura SERT Motul	Tati Team Beringer Racing	Yoshimura SERT Motul	BMRT 3D Maxxess Nevers	Metiss JBB
3	Le Castellet	Gregg Black Xavier Siméon Sylvain Guintoli	Alan Techer	Gregg Black Xavier Siméon Sylvain Guintoli	Anthony Loiseau Jonathan Hardt Julien Pilot	Mathieu Charpin Kevin Trueb Asrin Rodi Pak
4	Most	YART - Yamaha Official Team EWC	YART - Yamaha Official Team EWC	BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team	No Limits Motor Team	No Entries
4	Most	Karel Hanika Marvin Fritz Niccolò Canepa	Marvin Fritz	Illia Mykhalchyk Markus Reiterberger Kenny Foray	Luca Scassa Alexis Masbou Kevin Calia	No Entries

Championship standings edit

Points systems

Rounds	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
24 Hrs	40	33	28	24	21	19	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
12 Hrs	35	29	25	21	18	16	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
6 Hrs Finale	45	36	31.5	28.5	25.5	22.5	21	19.5	18	16.5	15	13.5	12	10.5	9	7.5	6	4.5	3	1.5

According to FIM regulations, the points allocated for the final round was promoted by 150%.

Bonus Points	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
All Rounds	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

The Top 10 teams after 8h and 16h of race received bonus points.

Starting Grid	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
All Rounds	5	4	3	2	1

In each race, the top 5 teams on starting grid received bonus points.

FIM EWC World Championship Team Rankings edit

Pos.	No	Team	Bike	Tyre	LE MANS				ESTORIL			BOL D'OR				MOST		Points
Pos.	No	Team	Bike	Tyre	Grid	8 Hrs	16 Hrs	24 Hrs	Grid	8 Hrs	12 Hrs	Grid	8 Hrs	16 Hrs	24 Hrs	Grid	6 Hrs	Points
1	1	Yoshimura SERT Motul	Suzuki GSX-R 1000R	B	4	10	10	40	3	0	9	5	10	10	40	3	31,5	175,5
2	37	BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team	BMW S1000RR	D	3	6	7	28	4	7	25	3	1	Ret	-	4	45	133
3	11	Webike SRC Kawasaki France	Kawasaki ZX-10R	D		7	8	33		10	29		Ret	-	-		28,5	115,5
4	333	VRD Igol Experiences	Yamaha YZF-R1	D	1	1	6	24		8	21	1	7	8	28		Ret	105
5	5	F.C.C. TSR Honda France	Honda CBR 1000 SP	B		8	9	19	2	9	35	2	5	Ret	-	2	Ret	91
6	7	YART - Yamaha Official Team EWC	Yamaha YZF-R1	B	5	9	Ret	-	5	0	13	4	9	2	Ret	5	36	88
7	96	Moto AIN	Yamaha YZF-R1	D		Ret	-	-		6	18		6	9	33		13,5	85,5
8	65	Motobox Kremer Racing #65	Yamaha YZF-R1	D		4	4	15		0	8		2	7	24		21	85
9	6	Team ERC Endurance	Ducati Panigale V4 R	M		5	3	21		4	16		8	Ret	-		22,5	79,5
10	14	MACO Racing Team	Yamaha YZF-R1	D		2	5	17					3	6	21		16,5	70,5
11	77	Wójcik Racing Team	Yamaha YZF-R1	D		0	1	11		3	12		4	Ret	-	1	26,5	57,5
12	4	Tati Team Beringer Racing	Kawasaki ZX-10R	M	2	0	Ret	-	1	1	Ret		0	5	17		19,5	45,5
13	90	Team LRP Poland	BMW S1000RR	P		Ret	-	-		0	10		0	4	15		15	44
14	8	Team Bolliger Switzerland#8	Kawasaki ZX-10R	M		0	0	0		5	14		Ret	-	-		18	37
15	98	EMRT Endurance Monaco Racing Team	Yamaha YZF-R1	D									0	3	19			22
16	30	GT endurance	Yamaha YZF-R1	M		3	2	13										18
17	36	3ART Best of Bike	Yamaha YZF-R1	M		Ret	-	-		2	11							13
18	9	Tecmas BMW	BMW S1000RR	M									Ret	-	-			0

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

FIM EWC World Championship Manufacturer's Rankings edit

Pos	Manufacturer	LMS	EST	LEC	MOS	Points
1	Yamaha	41	39	61	61.5	202.5
2	Kawasaki	33	43	17	48	141
3	BMW	28	35	15	60	138
4	Suzuki	40	9	40	31.5	120.5
5	Ducati	21	16	0	22.5	59.5
6	Honda	19	35	0	0	54

Notes edit

^ The 12 Hours of Estoril was originally due to take place on 16 October 2021. It was rescheduled to 17 July by swapping the places with Suzuka 8 Hours in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
^ The 8 Hours of Oschersleben was originally due to take place on 13 May 2021. It was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
^ The Suzuka 8 Hours was originally due to take place on 18 July 2021. It was postponed to 7 November 2021 by in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race was later cancelled.

References edit

^ "Five races in 2021 FIM EWC calendar". fimewc.com. Eurosport Events. 29 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "FIM EWC Calendar Adapted In Response To Global Health Situation". fimewc.com. Eurosport Events. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "Le Mans 24 Heures Motos rescheduled to 12-13 June 2021". lemans.org. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
^ "2021 SUZUKA 8 HOURS CANCELLED, 8 HOURS OF MOST TO DEBUT ON FIM EWC CALENDAR". FIM EWC. 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
^ "Revised 2021 FIM EWC calendar". fimwec.com. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
^ "Revised 2021 FIM EWC calendar without the 8 Hours of Oschersleben". 30 April 2021.
^ "EWC: Dominio assoluto di Yoshimura SERT nella 24 Heures Motos". Tutti Pazzi per il Motorsport. 13 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-06-14.
^ 12 Hours of Estoril - Final results

External links edit

Official website

[4] The 12 Hours of Estoril was originally due to take place on 16 October 2021. It was rescheduled to 17 July by swapping the places with Suzuka 8 Hours in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[6] The 8 Hours of Oschersleben was originally due to take place on 13 May 2021. It was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[7] The Suzuka 8 Hours was originally due to take place on 18 July 2021. It was postponed to 7 November 2021 by in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race was later cancelled.

[1] "Five races in 2021 FIM EWC calendar". fimewc.com. Eurosport Events. 29 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[2] "FIM EWC Calendar Adapted In Response To Global Health Situation". fimewc.com. Eurosport Events. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[3] "Le Mans 24 Heures Motos rescheduled to 12-13 June 2021". lemans.org. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-23.

[5] "2021 SUZUKA 8 HOURS CANCELLED, 8 HOURS OF MOST TO DEBUT ON FIM EWC CALENDAR". FIM EWC. 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2021-08-19.

[8] "Revised 2021 FIM EWC calendar". fimwec.com. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-23.

[9] "Revised 2021 FIM EWC calendar without the 8 Hours of Oschersleben". 30 April 2021.

[10] "EWC: Dominio assoluto di Yoshimura SERT nella 24 Heures Motos". Tutti Pazzi per il Motorsport. 13 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-06-14.

[11] 12 Hours of Estoril - Final results

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