2023 FIM Long Track World Championship

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

2023 Individual Long Track World Championship
Start date18 May
End date17 September
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2024 →

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

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Final Date Venue Winner
1 18 May   Herxheim   Josef Franc[4]
2 17 June   Ostrów Wielkopolski   Chris Harris[5]
3 13 July   Marmande   Chris Harris[6]
4 20 August   Scheessel   Kenneth Kruse Hansen[7]
5 2 September   Morizes   Romano Hummel[8]
6 17 September   Mühldorf   Kenneth Kruse Hansen[9]

Final Classification

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Pos Rider Final 1 Final 2 Final 3 Final 4 Final 5 Final 6 Total
1   Martin Smolinski 13 19 19 17 19 19 106
2   Chris Harris 10 21 21 19 17 11 99
3   Kenneth Kruse Hansen 2 17 3 21 13 21 77
4   Zach Wajtknecht 19 13 17 4 9 15 77
5   Romano Hummel 11 5 9 10 21 17 73
6   Josef Franc 21 11 7 2 10 13 64
7   Jakub Bukhave 9 7 11 11 11 5 54
8   Lukas Fienhage 17 8 13 9 x x 47
  Hynek Štichauer 1 15 10 3 8 10 47
10   Dave Meijerink x 3 15 5 15 7 45
11   Mika Meijer 3 9 8 7 3 2 32
12   Stephan Katt 8 2 1 13 2 3 29
  Theo Pijper 7 4 5 8 1 4 29
14   Gaétan Stella 15 1 x x 7 1 24
15   Tero Aarnio x x 4 0 4 9 17
16   Erik Riss x x x 15 x x 15
17   Stanisław Burza x 10 x x x x 10
18   Jörg Tebbe 0 x x 1 x 8 9
19   Daniel Spiller 5 x x x x x 5
  Jordan Dubernard x x 0 x 5 x 5
21   Max Dilger 4 x x x x x 4
22   Mathias Trésarrieu x x 2 x x x 2
23   Fabian Wachs x x x 0 x x 0

References

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