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14 February 2024
Yoshimura SERT Motul goes four it in EWC with Linfoot signing
Yoshimura SERT Motul has announced its four riders for the four-round 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship, the fourth EWC season of the alliance between the Japanese Yoshimura organisation and the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team from France.In addition to long-term Yoshimura SERT Motul star Gregg Black, Étienne Masson will embark on a second season with the squad, while Dan Linfoot has been recruited after impressing in the EWC during recent campaigns. Cocoro Atsumi, who joined the Le Mans-based team as a reserve for last September’s Bol d’Or, continues in the role for all four EWC events in 2024, as well as taking on the position of development rider.The quartet will ride the Yoshimura-tuned Suzuki GSX-R1000R on Bridgestone tyres with the 24 Heures Motos at Le Mans in France marking the 2024 EWC season kick-off from 18-21 April.Yohei Kato, Yoshimura SERT Motul’s Team Director, said: “This year we welcome new rider Dan Linfoot, in addition to Gregg Black and Étienne Masson, and I am glad to make the announcement. He fits our team perfectly with his excellent performance at Suzuka and his extensive experiences in 24-hour endurance races. In addition, Cocoro Atsumi has been appointed as a reserve rider as well as a development rider. The technical team, led by Yoshimura Japan, is working hard to improve our race bike to provide the riders with a faster, stronger and more comfortable package. I believe the riders on the Yoshimura-tuned Suzuki GSX-R1000R will be able to show even better performances than last season.”Yoshimura SERT Motul Team Manager Damien Saulnier said: “A few changes have been made in the team, and we have three nationalities represented in our line-up. Yohei and I are delighted to announce the arrival of Dan Linfoot, our British rider, who will be a team-mate of Gregg Black and Étienne Masson. We were looking for an all-round rider, and I have no doubts about his talent, reliability and ability to fit in with the team. Furthermore, he has the advantage of knowing the FIM EWC circuits, and the 24-hour endurance races. Cocoro Atsumi will be a reserve rider and support us also as a development rider. The title of vice-world champion [in 2023] is a fine recognition of the mutual trust to bind us with our valuable partners. Many of them have been supporting us for years and it was not possible without them. Now let's look ahead to the new season with high motivation and desire to win.”UK-born French rider Gregg Black, 35, said: “I am very proud to be a part of this great team. The great victory in the last race of 2023, the Bol d'Or, reconfirmed our performance is high and we are ready to fight for more wins. I hope, once again, I can bring my experience and speed to get the title this year. I have been training hard this winter to be at my best. I am quite fit and I can't wait to get back on the GSX-R1000R. This year we are welcoming new team-mate Dan Linfoot and I am looking forward to sharing the bike with him. The whole team and riders have a lot of experience, and I am sure that will be the key to success. Thanks to Suzuki for the great support as well as to all our partners and fans. We will give 100 per cent of ourselves.”Dan Linfoot, a 35-year-old from Yorkshire in the UK, said: “I am absolutely delighted to be joining Yoshimura SERT Motul for the 2024 Endurance World Championship. I have been taking part in selected EWC races and even had a chance to race a Suzuki at Suzuka [last August] and have experienced the GSX-R1000R and Bridgestone package. I really love endurance racing with its strategy and I am so excited to announce my new challenge. To be joining the team is very special, their history and pedigree speaks for itself, and I truly believe that, as a team, we can aim only for the victory and the EWC title. I’m very motivated and proud to be representing Yoshimura SERT Motul and Suzuki, and I can't wait for the season to start. Together with my experienced team-mates, I am confident that we can deliver our targets. I am excited to start working at our first tests.”Frenchman Étienne Masson, also 35, said: “I am so happy to start the new season in the best team of the championship. The Yoshimura SERT Motul is a team with high performance and experience, and I am thrilled to be back to the race with them. Last year was a little bit frustrating with much bad luck. We were always on the podium pace but there were many unexpected issues or small mistakes, and they put us behind from where we should have been. I have never been motivated like this and really excited to start the season. Gregg is my long-time team-mate, even a good friend and Dan is not a stranger in the EWC. The team spirit will be perfect and I am sure we push for the top step of the podium together.”Twenty-eight-year-old Cocoro Atsumi, from Japan, said: “I am excited and really happy to join such a strong team as Yoshimura SERT Motul. I appreciate the people who were involved in my career so far. My start [with Yoshimura SERT Motul] was as a reserve rider at the Bol d'Or last season, and it gave me an opportunity of a wildcard entry at the All Japan Road Race Championship and occasions of local tests. My understanding of the GSX-R1000R and Bridgestone tyres has been improving and also the teamwork has deepened. I hope to learn a lot from the team and my three strong team-mates this season, which will help me grow as a racing rider. I will do my best to achieve our goal to win each race and to get the EWC champion title. Of course I will standby for [when I am needed to race].”ENDSIMPORTANT NOTICE: You have received this press release as we hope it will be of interest to you. However, if you wish to stop receiving press releases from the EWC Press Office, please click the unsubscribe link below or email [email protected]. Thank you. ABOUT WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY SPORTS EUROPEWarner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe represents WBD’s portfolio of sports brands, channels and platforms in Europe. It collectively reaches 130 million people every month, engaging fans and broad audiences in more than 200 markets and in over 20 languages across all platforms where consumers are spending time, free-to-air TV, pay-TV, streaming, online and social. Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe includes the much-loved consumer brands Eurosport, Global Cycling Network (GCN), Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) and Golf Digest, as well sports programming and content on discovery+ and Warner Bros. Discovery’s free-to-air TV networks. They connect audiences with the greatest sporting events in the world. This includes being the Home of the Olympics Games in Europe; tennis’ Grand Slams; cycling’s Grand Tours, more than 600 cycling broadcasts per year, the UCI Track Champions League, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup from 2023 with ESO Sports; the PGA TOUR year-round; The Ocean Race from 2023; the Snooker World Tour; the best electric racing series with ABB FIA Formula E World Championship; the FIM Speedway GP, Speedway of Nations and Speedway World Cup; and every major winter sports World Championship and World Cup event. Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe completes a full 360° offer with its events management and promotion division, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Events, which oversees 35+ events across five continents each year. EWC press enquiries: Richard Rodgers, +44 7503871575, [email protected] TV enquiries: Paula Dequidt, [email protected], Ousmane Sakira, [email protected] media site: www.fimewc.com/media/home/Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe press enquiries: Laura Cueto, [email protected] THE FIMThe FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) founded in 1904, is the governing body for motorcycle sport and the global advocate for motorcycling. The FIM is an independent association formed by 115 National Federations throughout the world. It is recognised as the sole competent authority in motorcycle sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Among its 50 FIM World Championships the main events are MotoGP, Superbike, Endurance, Motocross, Supercross, Trial, Enduro, Cross-Country Rallies and Speedway. Furthermore, the FIM is also active and involved in the following areas: public affairs, road safety, touring and protection of the environment. The FIM was the first international sports federation to impose an Environmental Code in 1994.Subscribe to FIM press releasesThe FIM remains committed to providing you with information according to your personal preferences. This new system will give you better control over the communication that you receive regarding specific topics. Please click HERE to fill in the form with your details and manage your own options in the future. EWC IS PROMOTED BY WARNER BROS DISCOVERY SPORTS EUROPE, DISCOVERY HOUSE, 566 CHISWICK HIGH ROAD, LONDON W4 5YB, UK. TEL: +44 2036813000. REGISTERED IN ENGLAND & WALES UNDER NO. 4361881 VAT NO. GB 792 1320 40
05 February 2024
Team 33 Louit April Moto plots EWC title defence with rider reveal
Team 33 Louit April Moto’s FIM Endurance World Cup title defence is go with confirmation of its four-strong line-up for the 2024 season.It will continue to count on the skills and experience of Italian Simone Saltarelli, who won the 2023 FIM Endurance World Cup for Teams for the French outfit along with Kevin Calia and Christian Gamarino. In addition, Team 33 Louit April Moto is also turning to two of its former riders, Guillaume Antiga and David Sanchis, and bringing in a new recruit to finalise its 2024 challenge, Flavio Ferroni.Frenchman Antiga, 26, rode for Team 33 Louit April Moto between 2017 and 2022 with 25-year-old Sanchis, from Spain, who raced the squad’s Kawasaki ZX-10R in the 2021 edition of the 24 Heures Motos, also returning to chase EWC Superstock success. Ferroni, 24, has been frontrunner in races in his native Italy.Saltarelli’s inclusion in the Team 33 Louit April Moto line-up continues a feel-good story. The 38-year-old came back from serious injury – sustained in a crash during a race in his homeland in September 2022 – to help Team 33 Louit April Moto win the 2023 FIM Endurance World Cup.“We are very pleased to announce Simone Saltarelli in Team 33 Louit April Moto team for the 2024 season,”Team 33 Louit April Moto stated. “Simone won the world title with us last year and we’re already looking forward to working with him again to continue writing endurance history together.”Of the recruitment of Antiga, Ferroni and Santis, Team 33 Louit April Moto stated: “Team 33 Louit April Moto is happy to announce the return of Guillaume Antiga. Guillaume has already defended our colours twice in the past between 2017 and 2022 and we are happy to work with him again. Like Guillaume, David Sanchis also has experience of our Kawasaki ZX-10R, which he has ridden in the past on the occasion of the 24 Heures Motos in 2021. We are pleased to announce the arrival of Flavio Ferroni. He proved the extent of his talent in the Italian championship and we are happy to welcome him.”Antiga said:“I'm very pleased to announce that I'll be joining Team 33 Louit April Moto, winner of the 2023 FIM Endurance World Cup. This is a team with a lot of experience in endurance, and I hope to be able to bring my qualities to them in order to achieve our common goals, which would be at the end of the season to retain the world title. I'm very motivated to achieve this. A big thank you to Benoît Leveillard and Frédéric Louit.”Calia, meanwhile, has completed his tenure riding for Team 33 Louit April Moto in the EWC. He said: “Thank you Team 33 Louit April Moto for this amazing two years together. We won together and we lost together as a big family. I will always appreciate your warm welcome and work together. Good luck for the future.”Team 33 Louit April Moto’s Kawasaki ZX-10R will be equipped with Dunlop tyres, the FIM Endurance World Cup’s sole tyre supplier.ENDSIMPORTANT NOTICE: You have received this press release as we hope it will be of interest to you. However, if you wish to stop receiving press releases from the EWC Press Office, please click the unsubscribe link below or email [email protected]. Thank you. ABOUT WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY SPORTS EUROPEWarner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe represents WBD’s portfolio of sports brands, channels and platforms in Europe. It collectively reaches 130 million people every month, engaging fans and broad audiences in more than 200 markets and in over 20 languages across all platforms where consumers are spending time, free-to-air TV, pay-TV, streaming, online and social. Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe includes the much-loved consumer brands Eurosport, Global Cycling Network (GCN), Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) and Golf Digest, as well sports programming and content on discovery+ and Warner Bros. Discovery’s free-to-air TV networks. They connect audiences with the greatest sporting events in the world. This includes being the Home of the Olympics Games in Europe; tennis’ Grand Slams; cycling’s Grand Tours, more than 600 cycling broadcasts per year, the UCI Track Champions League, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup from 2023 with ESO Sports; the PGA TOUR year-round; The Ocean Race from 2023; the Snooker World Tour; the best electric racing series with ABB FIA Formula E World Championship; the FIM Speedway GP, Speedway of Nations and Speedway World Cup; and every major winter sports World Championship and World Cup event. Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe completes a full 360° offer with its events management and promotion division, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Events, which oversees 35+ events across five continents each year. EWC press enquiries: Richard Rodgers, +44 7503871575, [email protected] TV enquiries: Paula Dequidt, [email protected], Ousmane Sakira, [email protected] media site: www.fimewc.com/media/home/Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe press enquiries: Laura Cueto, [email protected] THE FIMThe FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) founded in 1904, is the governing body for motorcycle sport and the global advocate for motorcycling. The FIM is an independent association formed by 115 National Federations throughout the world. It is recognised as the sole competent authority in motorcycle sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Among its 50 FIM World Championships the main events are MotoGP, Superbike, Endurance, Motocross, Supercross, Trial, Enduro, Cross-Country Rallies and Speedway. Furthermore, the FIM is also active and involved in the following areas: public affairs, road safety, touring and protection of the environment. The FIM was the first international sports federation to impose an Environmental Code in 1994.Subscribe to FIM press releasesThe FIM remains committed to providing you with information according to your personal preferences. This new system will give you better control over the communication that you receive regarding specific topics. Please click HERE to fill in the form with your details and manage your own options in the future. EWC IS PROMOTED BY WARNER BROS DISCOVERY SPORTS EUROPE, DISCOVERY HOUSE, 566 CHISWICK HIGH ROAD, LONDON W4 5YB, UK. TEL: +44 2036813000. REGISTERED IN ENGLAND & WALES UNDER NO. 4361881 VAT NO. GB 792 1320 40
02 February 2024
It’s all-in to win time for Finn Lahti’s EWC Pit-Lane Endurance team
Eemeli Lahti says he and his new Pit-Lane Endurance team-mates are “100 per cent going to fight for wins” in the FIM Endurance World Cup in 2024, adding that nobody in the France-based outfit is “just there to ride the bikes”.The talented Finn impressed on his EWC debut for TRT27 Bazar 2 La Bécane in last September’s Bol d’Or title decider. He returns for a season-long EWC campaign having switched teams and swapped Suzuki for Yamaha power. Partnering Enzo Boulom, Luca De Vleeschauwer and Maximilian Scheib, Lahti is intent on building on the promise he showed at Circuit Paul Ricard five months ago. “One hundred per cent we are going to fight for the wins and everyone in the team is not just there to ride the bikes, we are all there to win,”said the 27-year-old. “Speed-wise we will be quite in the top in the Superstock class and I see we have loads of potential as well. I’m looking forward to put everything towards EWC. It will be my priority from now on.”Lahti was a late addition to the TRT27 Bol d’Or attack following a recommendation by EWC legend Terry Rymer, world champion in 1992 and 1999. He heroically led the Dunlop-supplied Superstock category during the opening stages at Circuit Paul Ricard but eventually settled for eighth in class alongside then team-mates Tom Oliver and Tom Ward.“The crew I was with was phenomenal, I was really having a good time with them and felt really, really good coming into race week,” Lahti said. “Overall, it was exciting, fascinating, hard but I really did enjoy it. There were some down moments during the race, in the night, but it was a fantastic experience. The first two days after the race I was like, ‘I’m never going to do that again’. But when I was back in Finland I was quite sure I was going to do it again and again and again.”After placing fourth in the 2022 FIM Endurance World Cup for Teams, Pit-Lane Endurance was ranked 11th in 2023. However, on both occasions the team saved its best to last, completing the 2022 and 2023 seasons with third position among the Superstock teams in the Bol d’Or.Lahti joins a multi-national line-up at Pit-Lane Endurance, which also features Chilean Maximilian Scheib, 28 – its first signing announced in late December 2023 – 21-year-old Belgian Luca De Vleeschauwer and Frenchman Enzo Boulom, 27. Boulom switches to the Superstock division from the Formula EWC class, while De Vleeschauwer joined Pit-Lane Endurance for last season’s Bol d’Or having made his EWC debut earlier in the year.ENDSIMPORTANT NOTICE: You have received this press release as we hope it will be of interest to you. However, if you wish to stop receiving press releases from the EWC Press Office, please click the unsubscribe link below or email [email protected]. Thank you. ABOUT WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY SPORTS EUROPEWarner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe represents WBD’s portfolio of sports brands, channels and platforms in Europe. It collectively reaches 130 million people every month, engaging fans and broad audiences in more than 200 markets and in over 20 languages across all platforms where consumers are spending time, free-to-air TV, pay-TV, streaming, online and social. Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe includes the much-loved consumer brands Eurosport, Global Cycling Network (GCN), Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) and Golf Digest, as well sports programming and content on discovery+ and Warner Bros. Discovery’s free-to-air TV networks. They connect audiences with the greatest sporting events in the world. This includes being the Home of the Olympics Games in Europe; tennis’ Grand Slams; cycling’s Grand Tours, more than 600 cycling broadcasts per year, the UCI Track Champions League, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup from 2023 with ESO Sports; the PGA TOUR year-round; The Ocean Race from 2023; the Snooker World Tour; the best electric racing series with ABB FIA Formula E World Championship; the FIM Speedway GP, Speedway of Nations and Speedway World Cup; and every major winter sports World Championship and World Cup event. Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe completes a full 360° offer with its events management and promotion division, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Events, which oversees 35+ events across five continents each year. EWC press enquiries: Richard Rodgers, +44 7503871575, [email protected] TV enquiries: Paula Dequidt, [email protected], Ousmane Sakira, [email protected] media site: www.fimewc.com/media/home/Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe press enquiries: Laura Cueto, [email protected] THE FIMThe FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) founded in 1904, is the governing body for motorcycle sport and the global advocate for motorcycling. The FIM is an independent association formed by 115 National Federations throughout the world. It is recognised as the sole competent authority in motorcycle sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Among its 50 FIM World Championships the main events are MotoGP, Superbike, Endurance, Motocross, Supercross, Trial, Enduro, Cross-Country Rallies and Speedway. Furthermore, the FIM is also active and involved in the following areas: public affairs, road safety, touring and protection of the environment. The FIM was the first international sports federation to impose an Environmental Code in 1994.Subscribe to FIM press releasesThe FIM remains committed to providing you with information according to your personal preferences. This new system will give you better control over the communication that you receive regarding specific topics. Please click HERE to fill in the form with your details and manage your own options in the future. EWC IS PROMOTED BY WARNER BROS DISCOVERY SPORTS EUROPE, DISCOVERY HOUSE, 566 CHISWICK HIGH ROAD, LONDON W4 5YB, UK. TEL: +44 2036813000. REGISTERED IN ENGLAND & WALES UNDER NO. 4361881 VAT NO. GB 792 1320 40
01 February 2024
FIM EWC permanent non-broadcast media pass applications open
Media advisory not for publication: The application period for 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship permanent passes for non-broadcast media is now open and will close on Monday 11 March 2024.To apply, non-broadcast media representatives are invited to use this link:https://eventrack.io/forms/2ec117ec-7bda-427f-a1e3-d072c1ffba00Before starting the application process, please ensure you have the following available to upload:1: Professional insurance certificate2: Mission letter3: Press card (if applicable)Broadcast media representatives (those intending to film/record moving images) are invited to contact Paula Dequidt or Ousmane Sakira to discuss your requirements as follows: Paula Dequidt, [email protected] or Ousmane Sakira, [email protected] notes:1: The permanent pass for non-broadcast media is valid for all rounds of the FIM EWC in 2024. As such, if you hold a permanent pass for non-broadcast media and you apply directly to an event for media accreditation, your permanent pass will be cancelled without notice.2: Although the permanent pass for non-broadcast media is valid for all rounds of the FIM EWC in 2024, please confirm your attendance at least 10 days in advance of each event by emailing [email protected]. If you plan to attend all four rounds, please state this in an email. Thank you.3: A safety briefing, either as a physical session or digitally, must be clearly observed and understood before a permanent pass for non-broadcast media is issued.4: Those holding a permanent pass for non-broadcast media working as a photographer will be entitled to receive a photo tabard. While it is intended that this tabard will be valid for all events, local event requirements may require the tabard needing to be transferred for an event tabard. Tabard media may also be required to read and sign additional documentation relating to safety and access.5: Those holding a permanent pass for non-broadcast media acknowledge that they do not have the right to film/record moving images without the authorisation of the EWC promoter, WBD Sports.6: Holders of a permanent pass for non-broadcast media working as a journalist and/or photographer are kindly asked to provide examples of their published work following each event by emailing [email protected]. Your assistance with this request is much appreciated.7: The decision of the EWC promoter in rejecting a permanent pass for non-broadcast media application will be final.A reminder of the calendar for the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship follows:Round 1: 24 Heures Motos (Le Mans, France): 18-21 AprilRound 2: 8 Hours of Spa Motos (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium): 6-8 JuneRound 3: 45th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race, Japan): 18-21 July Round 4: Bol d’Or (Circuit Paul Ricard, France): 12-15 September ENDSIMPORTANT NOTICE: You have received this press release as we hope it will be of interest to you. However, if you wish to stop receiving press releases from the EWC Press Office, please click the unsubscribe link below or email [email protected]. Thank you. ABOUT WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY SPORTS EUROPEWarner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe represents WBD’s portfolio of sports brands, channels and platforms in Europe. It collectively reaches 130 million people every month, engaging fans and broad audiences in more than 200 markets and in over 20 languages across all platforms where consumers are spending time, free-to-air TV, pay-TV, streaming, online and social. Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe includes the much-loved consumer brands Eurosport, Global Cycling Network (GCN), Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) and Golf Digest, as well sports programming and content on discovery+ and Warner Bros. Discovery’s free-to-air TV networks. They connect audiences with the greatest sporting events in the world. This includes being the Home of the Olympics Games in Europe; tennis’ Grand Slams; cycling’s Grand Tours, more than 600 cycling broadcasts per year, the UCI Track Champions League, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup from 2023 with ESO Sports; the PGA TOUR year-round; The Ocean Race from 2023; the Snooker World Tour; the best electric racing series with ABB FIA Formula E World Championship; the FIM Speedway GP, Speedway of Nations and Speedway World Cup; and every major winter sports World Championship and World Cup event. Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe completes a full 360° offer with its events management and promotion division, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Events, which oversees 35+ events across five continents each year. EWC press enquiries: Richard Rodgers, +44 7503871575, [email protected] TV enquiries: Paula Dequidt, [email protected], Ousmane Sakira, [email protected] media site: www.fimewc.com/media/home/Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe press enquiries: Laura Cueto, [email protected] THE FIMThe FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) founded in 1904, is the governing body for motorcycle sport and the global advocate for motorcycling. The FIM is an independent association formed by 115 National Federations throughout the world. It is recognised as the sole competent authority in motorcycle sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Among its 50 FIM World Championships the main events are MotoGP, Superbike, Endurance, Motocross, Supercross, Trial, Enduro, Cross-Country Rallies and Speedway. Furthermore, the FIM is also active and involved in the following areas: public affairs, road safety, touring and protection of the environment. The FIM was the first international sports federation to impose an Environmental Code in 1994.Subscribe to FIM press releasesThe FIM remains committed to providing you with information according to your personal preferences. This new system will give you better control over the communication that you receive regarding specific topics. Please click HERE to fill in the form with your details and manage your own options in the future. EWC IS PROMOTED BY WARNER BROS DISCOVERY SPORTS EUROPE, DISCOVERY HOUSE, 566 CHISWICK HIGH ROAD, LONDON W4 5YB, UK. TEL: +44 2036813000. REGISTERED IN ENGLAND & WALES UNDER NO. 4361881 VAT NO. GB 792 1320 40
31 January 2024
EWC NEWSLETTER 01-24
The countdown is on to the start of the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship with the action getting under way at Le Mans in France, venue of the 47th 24 Heures Motos, in less than 80 days. This is a summary of just some of the stories published on FIMEWC.com during January. Once again, a reminder that French-language versions of selected articles can be found here: https://www.fimewc.com/fr.WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY SPORTS RECEIVES ISO20121 CERTIFICATION FOR SUSTAINABLE EVENT MANAGEMENT IN FIM EWCWarner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports, global promoter of the FIM Endurance World Championship, has achieved a significant milestone by being awarded the ISO20121 certification. The highly noteworthy certification approves the structured framework that integrates sustainability into event management practices. Along with enhancing social inclusion and ensuring economic viability for all stakeholders, the ISO20121 certification framework includes setting long-term goals, implementing sustainable practices, measuring performance, and continually improving the internal and external processes and policies – all with the aim of reducing the environmental and social impact of the large-scale international events that are promoted while maintaining their economic viability. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.NEW EXCITING SEASON, NEW STRIKING BRAND IDENTITY AND LOGO FOR EWCWarner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports is preparing to usher in an exciting new season of FIM Endurance World Championship action with a striking and refreshed brand identity for the series. It’s the result of an extensive process focused on shaping the EWC’s values, while delivering a revamped logo, look and feel that reflect the personality of the championship and help to mark WBD Sports’ 10th year of steering the EWC forward as its promoter. Having accomplished the challenge of uniting the most iconic events on the endurance motorcycle racing calendar under one single sporting championship and unified brand, the events division of WBD Sports is now revving up to write the EWC’s next chapter. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.FROM SUPERSTOCK TO FORMULA EWC: BMRT3D MAXXESS NEVERS PRIMED FOR 2024 EWC GRADUATIONBMRT3D maxxess Nevers will step up to the Formula EWC category for this season’s FIM Endurance World Championship – and is giving its existing riders and staff the opportunity to do likewise. A frontrunner in the Superstock-based FIM Endurance World Cup, BMRT3D maxxess Nevers’ graduation underlines the squad’s ambition and determination to build on the success it has achieved in the EWC so far. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.MOTOBOX KREMER RACING REVEALS ITS FOUR FOR EWC 2024Motobox Kremer Racing will continue to showcase the strength and competitiveness of independent teams competing in the FIM Endurance World Championship with its revamped line-up for 2024. The Yamaha-powered outfit, run by Georg Haas and Manfred Kremer, has re-signed Daniel Rubin, after the German rider impressed during his maiden Formula EWC campaign in 2023, and secured the services of three new recruits, all from Germany. But while Marco Fetz and Dominik Vincon bring EWC experience to Motobox Kremer Racing, reserve rider Bastian Ubl is a newcomer to the series. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.SUZUKA DREAM BEHIND VINCON’S EWC TEAM SWITCHDominik Vincon has told PZ-news.de that his ambition to take part in the Suzuka 8 Hours fuelled his decision to switch teams for the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship. Vincon, 32, has joined Motobox Kremer Racing after a five-year stint riding for Team LRP Poland with the German outfit planning to contest the 45th edition of the Coca-Cola-backed race in July. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.JMA ADDS NEW TRIO IN ONGOING EWC SUCCESS BIDJMA Racing Action Bike has made three new signings for the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship. The France-based outfit has added Charles Cortot, Bram Lambrechts and Julien Lenoci to its Suzuki-powered attack. They join existing rider Matteo Giacomazzo, a new JMA recruit for the 2023 season. Cortot raced for Slider Endurance in the 2023 FIM Endurance World Cup. Lambrechts joins the JMA on the back of winning the Belgian and Benelux Supersport titles last season. Lenoci is expected to perform a reserve rider role. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.TEAMRACING85 ENTRY UNDERLINES INTEREST IN EWC SUPERSTOCKInterest in the Superstock-based FIM Endurance World Cup continues to rise with the addition of Teamracing85 to the 2024 line-up for what it hopes will be a three-event campaign. It has secured the services of the highly experienced Italian Christian Napoli, while also recruiting three other new riders, the French trio of Johann Flammann, Hugo Girardet and Thibaud Schmidt. The team will run a new Kawasaki ZX-10R on Dunlop tyres with testing for the upcoming season planned in Spain next month. Dunlop is the official tyre supplier to the FIM Endurance World Cup. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.NO LIMITS TO STEINMAYR’S EWC AMBITIONS AS FORMER WORLD CUP WINNER MAKES DOUBLE SWITCHPhilipp Steinmayr is preparing to bring his FIM Endurance World Cup title-winning pedigree to No Limits Motor Team in 2024 following what represents a double switch for the talented Austrian. As well as joining a new outfit, having previously raced for Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers CMS Motostore in, Steinmayr is swapping Yamaha for Honda power. However, he will continue to count on tyres from Dunlop, the EWC Superstock category’s official tyre supplier. Steinmayr joins forces with existing No Limits Motor Team riders Lorenzo Gabellini, from Italy, and Frenchmen Alexis Masbou and Johan Nigon. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.CHROMEBURNER-RAC41-HONDA BRINGS IN NEW DUO FOR EWC ACTIONSuperstock squad Chromeburner-RAC41-Honda will chase FIM Endurance World Cup glory in 2024 with two new recruits. While Chris Leesch (Luxembourg) and Wayne Tessels (Netherlands) are long-standing and respected members of the French team, Martin Renaudin (France) joins from 3ART Best of Bike, while Jesko Raffin (Switzerland) brings experience from Moto2 and MotoE to the EWC. CLICK FOR FULL STORY. WÓJCIK GIVES A GLIMPSE OF THINGS TO COME IN EWCPolish outfit Wójcik Racing Team has given a glimpse of things to come in this season’s FIM Endurance World Championship. The podium-placing squad, which is backed by petroleum firm ORLEN, has swapped Yamaha for Honda power for 2024 and announced a stellar line-up for its #77 Formula EWC and #777 Superstock entries. It took to social media to reveal this image of the Dunlop-equipped Honda Kevin Manfredi, Sheridan Morais, Danny Webb and the returning Gino Rea will share in 2024. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.WIELEBSKI ‘THRILLED’ AFTER “FIRST DANCE” WITH NEW EWC BIKEWójcik Racing Team said Artur Wielebski was ‘thrilled’ after the Polish rider completed initial testing aboard the squad’s new-for-2024 Honda CBR1000RR recently. The leading independent EWC team from Poland has switched from Yamaha to Honda power for the upcoming FIM Endurance World Championship season with Wielebski recruited to ride Wójcik’s #77 Formula EWC entry alongside compatriots Kamil Krzemień and Jurand Kuśmierczyk. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.TRIPLE BOOST TIME AS TATI EWC TEAM MAKES THREE BIG SIGNINGSFIM Endurance World Championship squad Tati Team Beringer Racing began 2024 in style with an exciting DOUBLE SIGNING. As well as retaining Hugo Clère – who joined the French outfit for his Formula EWC graduation last season – Tati Team has extended its long-term alliance with major partner Beringer, a renowned braking system manufacturer. It then announced that it will embark on an all-new EWC adventure after switching from Kawasaki to Honda machinery. And Patrick Enjolras, who runs the EWC title-winning French independent team, is intent on capitalising on the squad’s big change but also eager not to forget the success it has achieved in green. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.PIT-LANE TAKES IT TO THE MAX WITH FIRST 2024 EWC RIDER REVEALPit-Lane Endurance made Chilean Maximilian Scheib its first rider signing for the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship. The South American talent, 28, brings pace and pedigree from the FIM Superbike World Championship to the French Superstock outfit, which completed the 2023 FIM Endurance World Cup season on a high following its podium finish in September’s Bol d’Or. Scheib, who started competing in off-road events aged 13, is the first Chilean to compete in the EWC. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.WHY EWC STAR GUINTOLI WILL DO DOUBLE TIME IN 2024Sylvain Guntoli is set for a busy 2024 after becoming a BMW Motorrad Motorsport factory rider. The 2021 FIM Endurance World Championship winner will not only contest the four-event EWC season as part of the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team line-up, he will also assist with the development of the BMW M 1000 RR. Along with Briton Bradley Smith, another rider with recent EWC experience, Guintoli has joined BMW Motorrad Motorsport’s newly formed test team in a highly anticipated move. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.TEAM LRP POLAND “NOT DONE YET” AS IT LOOKS TO EWC 2025Team LRP Poland is aiming for a return to the FIM Endurance World Championship in 2025 following its decision to switch its 2024 focus on defending the Polish Superbike title it won last season with Marek Szkopek. Bartłomiej Lewandowski’s highly respected independent outfit made its debut in the FIM Endurance World Championship in 2016 with support from BMW and Pirelli and has enjoyed plenty of success since then, with Lewandowski finishing as the best placed Polish rider in the 2020 EWC standings. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.NEW YOSHIMURA SERT MOTUL VIDEO GOES BEHIND THE SCENES OF AN EWC TEAMYoshimura SERT Motul, runner-up in the 2023 FIM Endurance World Championship following its dramatic Bol d’Or victory last September, has released a unique behind-the-scenes video.The Suzuki-powered squad’s Japanese division filmed a Suzuka Circuit engine bench simulation test as part of its preparation for the venue’s legendary eight-hour race. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.WHY YART EWC RIDERS HAVE NO PLANS TO SETTLE FOR SECOND BEST IN 2024Niccolò Canepa and Marvin Fritz, who along with Karel Hanika rode to glory in the 2023 FIM Endurance World Championship, are already aiming high as the build-up to the 2024 season continues. The Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team trio came out on top of a thrilling Bol d’Or title decider at Circuit Paul Ricard last September. Speaking ahead of the festive period, Canepa and Fritz made clear their ambitions for more EWC success in 2024. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.TECHER’S FOCUS ON REGAINING #1 IN EWCF.C.C. TSR Honda France rider Alan Techer is aiming for number one in the FIM Endurance World Championship. The Japanese squad lost the coveted #1 following the 2023 Bol d’Or season finale where a technical failure forced Techer and team-mates Mike Di Meglio and Josh Hook to retire from the event. F.C.C. TSR Honda France had been bidding for a second consecutive EWC title at the time. But Techer is optimistic of regaining #1 following a test in Japan last month aboard the 2024-specification Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.GUARNONI’S KM99 EWC MOVE IS OLD FRIENDS REUNITED TIMEJérémy Guarnoni’s inclusion in KM99’s FIM Endurance World Championship line-up for 2024 will give the Frenchman the chance to race “one of my favourite bikes”, according to the 2018-19 EWC title winner. Guarnoni, who turns 31 next month, has joined the Yamaha-powered Belgian outfit after riding for BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team since 2022, when he partnered Illya Mykhalchyk and Markus Reiterberger to victory in the 24H SPA EWC Motos. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.EWC STARS TO BE HONOURED AT OSCARS OF ITALIAN MOTORCYCLE RACING Kevin Calia, Christian Gamarino and Simone Saltarelli will join Niccolò Canepa in being honoured by Motosprint magazine at the Caschi d'Oro awards ceremony on 1 February. The Oscars of Italian motorcycle racing recognises the achievements of a host of riders from various national and international categories each season. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.MASSON: PERFECT TEAM SPIRIT WILL INCREASE EWC TITLE CHANCESYoshimura SERT Motul’s pursuit of the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship will be strengthened by the Suzuki-powered squad’s ‘perfect team spirit’. That’s the view of rider Étienne Masson, who joined the Yoshimura SERT Motul line-up in 2023 and helped then team-mates Gregg Black and Sylvain Guintoli claim second place in the final standings after winning the season-deciding Bol d’Or. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.WHO WILL BE IN IT TO WIN IT? ENTRIES OPEN FOR LE MANS EWC SEASON KICK-OFFEntries for round one of the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship, the 24 Heures Motos, have opened. Taking place at Le Mans in France from 18-21 April, the 47th edition of the famous day and night race is eagerly anticipated with the opening of entries a key milestone in the build-up to the event. EWC teams have until Thursday 21 March to complete the various entry procedures with the Circuit Bugatti race organiser, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, planning to announce the provisional entry list in early April. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.SUPPORTING CAST FOR EWC 24 HEURES MOTOS WEEKEND REVEALEDAutomobile Club de l’Ouest, the organiser of the 24 Heures Motos, has revealed the support races that will complete the not-to-be-missed FIM Endurance World Championship season-opening weekend timetable from 18-21 April. In addition to the all-action EWC counter, the 47th 24 Heures Motos event will include support races from the FIM Sidecar World Championship, PMR Bridgestone Cup and KlassGP. CLICK FOR FULL STORY.FOUR BIG EWC REASONS TO GET EXCITED IN 2024The FIM Endurance World Championship will be contested over four events in 2024. Click HERE for a reminder of what’s happening where and when.ENDSIMPORTANT NOTICE: You have received this press release as we hope it will be of interest to you. However, if you wish to stop receiving press releases from the EWC Press Office, please click the unsubscribe link below or email [email protected]. Thank you. ABOUT WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY SPORTS EUROPEWarner Bros. 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30 January 2024
No Limits to Steinmayr’s EWC ambitions as former World Cup winner makes double switch
Philipp Steinmayr is preparing to bring his FIM Endurance World Cup title-winning pedigree to No Limits Motor Team in 2024 following what represents a double switch for the talented Austrian rider.As well as joining a new outfit, having previously raced for Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers CMS Motostore in the EWC, Steinmayr is swapping Yamaha for Honda power. However, he will continue to count on tyres from Dunlop, the EWC Superstock category’s official tyre supplier.The 2022 FIM Endurance World Cup winner said: “I wanted to have a change and I’m really looking forward to trying the Honda. I’ve never ridden this bike so it will be interesting.I have a really good feeling about the team, they have been on the podium two times last season and, from the outside, it’s looking good, and it seems like they’re working really well. Also, the bike is capable of winning races, which for sure is a positive aspect.”After achieving so much success in the Superstock-based FIM Endurance World Cup in 2022, back-to-back DNFs in the 24 Heures Motos and 24H SPA EWC Motos made for a tough start to the 2023 season, according to Steinmayr.“It was a little bit frustrating but we had a good end to the season with second place in the Bol d’Or so we could prove we were still capable,”the 30-year-old said. “Now I just hope we can kick off the new season with a good finish in Le Mans. My team-mates are also very strong, we have a good package but always in the 24-hour races you need a bit of luck. I hope we will have it and kick off good and then we will see. But for sure we are capable of winning.”Steinmayr joins forces with existing No Limits Motor Team riders Lorenzo Gabellini, from Italy, and Frenchmen Alexis Masbou and Johan Nigon for the upcoming FIM Endurance World Cup season. The squad finished sixth in the final 2023 FIM Endurance World Cup ranking after placing third in the Superstock-based category in both the 24 Heures Motos and the 24H SPA EWC Motos.The Italian No Limits Motor Team stated:“We are very glad to announce that in 2024 we will continue our journey with Alexis, Johan and Lorenzo. And we are more than happy to welcome Philipp in the No Limits family. Let's rock this season together”.Masbou said: “I’m happy to be able to announce my extension with the No Limits Motor Team. The crew members remain the same with Lorenzo and Johan, but thanks to the new regulations [allowing four riders to race in each Superstock team in the two 24-hour events], the team will be strengthened by Philipp Steinmayr. Honda will stay by our side for what hopefully will be an amazing 2024 season.”Meanwhile, Steinmayr will combine his EWC campaign with a season in the Internationale Deutsche Motorradmeisterschaft riding for the BCC-alpha-Van Zon-BMW squad. He finished sixth in the final IDM Superbike standings in 2023.FIM ENDURANCE WORLD CUP CALENDAR REFRESHER Round 1: 24 Heures Motos (Le Mans, France): 18-21 April | Ticket infoRound 2: 8 Hours of Spa Motos (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium): 6-8 June | Ticket infoRound 3: 45th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race, Japan): 18-21 July | Ticket info coming soonRound 4: Bol d’Or (Circuit Paul Ricard, France): 12-15 September | Ticket info ENDSIMPORTANT NOTICE: You have received this press release as we hope it will be of interest to you. However, if you wish to stop receiving press releases from the EWC Press Office, please click the unsubscribe link below or email [email protected]. Thank you. ABOUT WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY SPORTS EUROPEWarner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe represents WBD’s portfolio of sports brands, channels and platforms in Europe. 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