FIMEWC.com has published Q&As with key players from the FIM Endurance World Championship during 2024. Here’s a recap.
1 March 2024: Marvin Fritz (above)
Part of the Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team that won the FIM Endurance World Championship in 2023, 30-year-old German rider Marvin Fritz talks defending titles, his “brothers” Niccolò Canepa and Karel Hanika, avocados, Suzuka and more as the build-up to the 2024 EWC season continues.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-marvin-fritz
8 March 2024: Jérémy Guarnoni
A racer and winner for the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team during a two-year stint, Frenchman Jérémy Guarnoni has joined KM99 for the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship. This is what the 31-year-old has had to say with the countdown to the season-opening 24 Heures Motos at Le Mans well under way.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-jeremy-guarnoni
15 March 2024: Christian Gamarino
Christian Gamarino’s Kawasaki-powered FIM Endurance World Championship adventure continues in 2024 but with a big difference. After helping Team 33 Louit April Moto win the 2023 FIM Endurance World Cup, the 29-year-old Italian will be keeping it green when steps up from Superstock to the headlining Formula EWC division as part of the Kawasaki Webike Trickstar line-up alongside Grégory Leblanc and Román Ramos. This is what he’s had to say ahead of the 24 Heures Motos at Le Mans.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-christian-gamarino
22 March 2024: Dan Linfoot
Dan Linfoot has been handed a gilt-edged opportunity to race for Yoshimura SERT Motul in the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship. And given the Suzuki-powered outfit’s illustrious EWC pedigree, the 35-year-old Briton is determined to make the most of his chance by mounting a title challenge alongside team-mates Gregg Black, Étienne Masson and the squad’s reserve rider Cocoro Atsumi. Speaking as he made his way between pre-season tests in Jerez and Valencia, this is what Linfoot had to say of his big EWC chance. https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-dan-linfoot
29 March 2024: Florian Alt
Florian Alt will embark on his eighth season as a Viltaïs Racing rider in 2024 with a clear target to strive for in the FIM Endurance World Championship. On each round of the EWC, Alt and his Honda-powered team-mates, Leandro Mercado, Steven Odendaal and reserve rider James Westmoreland, will be hunting for the podium – and they’ve gone to great lengths over the winter to try to achieve their goal. Having completed EWC 2023 by claiming a fine runner-up spot in the Bol d’Or and with a second-successive Independent Trophy title in the bag, Honda Viltaïs Racing will head to Le Mans next month for the season-opening 24 Heures Motos aiming high, as 27-year-old German ace Alt explains.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-florian-alt
5 April 2024 Sylvain Guintoli (above)
Sylvain Guintoli is no stranger to the FIM Endurance World Championship and being successful as a former champion and race winner. But he’ll enter unchartered territory in 2024 when he forms part of the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team alongside Illya Mykhalchyk and Markus Reiterberger having switched from Yoshimura SERT Motul. This is what the 41-year-old UK-based Frenchman had to say when he took time out of his preparations for the season-opening 24 Heures Motos.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-sylvain-guintoli-1
12 April 2024: Josh Hook
Part of the F.C.C. TSR Honda France line-up that won the 24 Heures Motos in 2023 with Mike Di Meglio and Alan Techer, Josh Hook is not only aiming for a repeat win in Le Mans, he’s also bidding to complete the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship with a second EWC title in three years. Ahead of Circuit Bugatti hosting the season opener, this is what the 31-year-old Australian has had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-josh-hook
10 May 2024: Tom Ward
A rising star of the FIM Endurance World Cup, 29-year-old Briton Tom Ward is racing with Honda power for TRT27 AZ Moto in the Dunlop-supplied category in 2024. This is what’s he’s had to say ahead of the 8 Hours of Spa Motos.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-tom-ward
17 May 2024: Randy Krummenacher
With an FIM Supersport World Championship title under his belt, Randy Krummenacher has achieved plenty of success in his career. But with only two starts in the FIM Endurance World Championship to his name, the Tati Team Beringer Racing rider’s EWC tenure is very much in its infancy, while Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, venue of round two of the 2024 season from 6-8 June, represents unchartered territory for the 34-year-old from Switzerland.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-randy-krummenacher
24 May 2024: Chris Leesch
Established as a leading contender for FIM Endurance World Cup honours, Chris Leesch starts the 8 Hours of Spa Motos among the favourites for Superstock category success. And with Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium a short drive from his Luxembourg home, victory for the 28-year-old Dunlop-equipped talent and his Chromeburner-RAC41-Honda team would take on added significance.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-chris-leesch
3 June 2024: Loris Cresson (above)
Belgian star Loris Cresson will carry the hopes of a nation on his shoulders as he bids for home success in the FIM Endurance World Championship during the 8 Hours of Spa Motos. Riding for BMRT3D maxxess Nevers, which has stepped up from Superstock to the Formula EWC category for 2024, Cresson will partner compatriot and new team recruit Vincent Lonbois, plus Frenchman Julien Pilot on the #24 Kawasaki. This is what the 25-year-old from Braine-l’Alleud has had to say ahead of round two of the EWC season at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-loris-cresson
21 June 2024: Dominik Vincon
It’s a season of discovery in 2024 for FIM Endurance World Championship regular Dominik Vincon. As well as switching to Yamaha power and joining Motobox Kremer Racing, the rapid German rider will race in Japan for the first time when he contests the 45th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race. This is what the 32-year-old has had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-dominik-vincon
28 June 2024: Cocoro Atsumi
Cocoro Atsumi is revving up for his home round of the FIM Endurance World Championship next month in the knowledge that he and his Yoshimura SERT Motul team can challenge for victory in the 45th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race. This is what the Osaka-based racer, 28, has had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-cocoro-atsumi
5 July 2024: Kevin Manfredi (below)
Kevin Manfredi has been given special permission to switch from Wójcik Racing Team, for whom he usually rides in the FIM Endurance World Championship, to join Nobby Ueda’s Team Frontier for his debut in the Suzuka 8 Hours, which takes place for the 45th time from 19-21 July. And Manfredi, 29, is determined to make the most of the opportunity to compete in the iconic Japanese event alongside Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman, from Malaysia, and Luxembourg’s Chris Leesch, one of Manfredi’s EWC Superstock category rivals in the Europe-based events. This is what the Italian rider has had to say.
15 July 2024: Karel Hanika
Karel Hanika might have claimed the FIM Endurance World Championship’s biggest prize when he formed part of the Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team that won the EWC title in 2023 alongside team-mates Niccolò Canepa and Marvin Fritz, but success at Suzuka has so far eluded the Czech rider. Ahead of the 45th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race this is what the 28-year-old has had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-karel-hanika
26 July 2024: Albert Arenas
Albert Arenas went from Moto2 to the FIM Endurance World Championship podium when he finished third in the 45th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race for Yoshimura SERT Motul. Riding alongside Suzuki-powered team-mates Cocoro Atsumi and Dan Linfoot, this is what the 27-year-old from Spain had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-albert-arenas
2 August 2024: Hannes Soomer
Hannes Soomer produced a hugely impressive debut ride in the Suzuka 8 Hours by helping TONE RT Syncedge 4413 BMW to victory in Japan’s round of the Dunlop-equipped FIM Endurance World Cup. Partnering Japanese riders Tomoya Hoshino and Ainosuke Yoshida, the Estonian, 26, was a Suzuka novice prior to testing on the Wednesday before the event. But he shrugged of his lack of experience of the iconic 5.821-kilometre track to win the Superstock section of the 45th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-hannes-soomer
16 August 2024: Grégory Leblanc
Adamant that there was much more to come from Kawasaki Webike Trickstar in July’s 45th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race following qualifying, Grégory Leblanc never got the chance to put his words into practice after a fall in Warm-up left him with a broken leg and out of Japan’s EWC counter. But one of the FIM Endurance World Championship’s most determined and accomplished racers has no plans to prolong his absence from the track for very long with his sole focus on recovering in time the Bol d’Or EWC season finale. This is what the French ace and four-time Bol d’Or winner has had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-gregory-leblanc
31 August 2024: Mathieu Gines
Part of the GMT94 team that won the 2014 FIM Endurance World Championship, Mathieu Gines chose to sit out the opening events of the EWC season to focus on his Yamaha ride in the French Superbike Championship. But he’s back for the Bol d’Or, joining Team 18 Sapeurs Pompers CMS Motostore in the Dunlop-equipped Superstock category. This is what the 35-year-old from France has had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-mathieu-gines
10 September 2024: David Checa (below)
A three-time winner of the FIM Endurance World Championship, David Checa is back at the Bol d’Or, an event he’s won twice before and also came close to winning in 2022. Replacing the injured Grégory Leblanc at Kawasaki Webike Trickstar, this is what the 44-year-old from Spain has had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-david-checa
20 September 2024: National Motos Honda
National Motos Honda FMA banished the memories of its 2023 FIM Endurance World Cup heartbreak with its first title in the Dunlop-equipped Superstock category during the season-deciding Bol d’Or. This is how riders Guillaume Raymond, Sébastien Suchet and Valentin Suchet, plus Team Manager Stéphane Haddaj reacted following their against-all-odds triumph at Circuit Paul Ricard.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-national-motos-honda-fma
30 September 2024: Yoshimura SERT Motul
Yoshimura SERT Motul banked its 13th FIM Endurance World Championship crown in its various incarnations with victory in the Bol d’Or, the 20th time the 24-hour event has been won with Suzuki power. This is what riders Cocoro Atsumi, Gregg Black, Dan Linfoot and Étienne Masson, plus Team Manager Damien Saulnier, had to say following another hugely successful weekend in the EWC.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-yoshimura-sert-motul
4 October 2024: Mario Küpper
KM99 not only scored its first FIM Endurance World Championship podium during the Bol d’Or, the Yamaha-powered Belgian squad also completed the event as the top independent EWC team in only its second season competing in the all-action series. Team Manager Mario Küpper, who helped to establish KM99 with owner Gaëtan Schyns, explains how his Dunlop-equipped outfit achieved big things in 2024 with French riders Randy de Puniet, Jérémy Guarnoni and Florian Marino and outlines his hopes for 2025.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-km99s-mario-kupper
11 October 2024: Tetsuya Harada
Tetsuya Harada, the 1993 FIM 250cc world champion, swapped sprint racing for long-distance racing when he visited the Bol d’Or, the deciding round of the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship. This is what the Japanese legend had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-tetsuya-harada
18 October 2024: Bálint Kovács (below)
Hungarian Endurance Racing Team by Moto-Jungle impressed when it made its FIM Endurance World Championship debut during the Bol d’Or season decider. After qualifying a sensational second in the Superstock category, Hungarian Endurance Racing Team by Moto-Jungle led the Dunlop-division during the early stages at Circuit Paul Ricard with Bálint Kovács behind the handlebars of its #713 BMW. While the team would suffer Bol d’Or heartbreak when engine failure put it out after less than three hours of racing, Kovács and the all-Hungarian outfit registered their intent for the 2025 season when a full FIM Endurance World Cup campaign is planned. This is what the 23-year-old had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-balint-kovacs
25 October 2024: Niccolò Canepa (part 1)
Twice a winner of the FIM Endurance World Championship and with victories in the EWC’s three 24-hour races to his name, Niccolò Canepa, who announced his retirement in September, will go down in history as one of the sport’s all-time greats. In the first of a two-part EWC Take Five special, this is what the Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team-run Italian legend, 36, has had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-niccolo-canepa-part-one
1 November 2024: Niccolò Canepa (part 2)
In the second of a two-part EWC Take Five special with Niccolò Canepa, the Italian legend discusses the FIM Endurance World Championship moments he will remember and prefer to forget, who should replace him at Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team and more besides following his retirement from riding.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-niccolo-canepa-part-two
8 November 2024: Pedro Romero
Having performed a key role in helping Team Bolliger Switzerland to fifth place in the FIM Endurance World Championship for Teams with just the Bol d’Or remaining, Pedro Romero suffered late heartbreak when he crashed in practice for the EWC season finale to the extent he was declared unfit to race. Now fully recovered, this is what the 24-year-old from Portugal has had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-pedro-romero
15 November 2024: Jason O’Halloran
Jason O’Halloran has been handed the opportunity of a lifetime in the FIM Endurance World Championship after being recruited to replace Niccolò Canepa at Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team alongside Marvin Fritz, Karel Hanika and reserve rider Robin Mulhauser. Nicknamed the ‘O Show’, this is what the 36-year-old from Australia has had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-jason-ohalloran
22 November 2024: Dan Linfoot (below)
Part of the Yoshimura SERT Motul line-up that claimed FIM Endurance World Championship title glory in 2024, Dan Linfoot’s season with the Suzuki-powered outfit promised so much but delivered so much more after the Briton, 36, achieved the rare feat of finishing on the podium in all four races. This is what he’s had to say.
29 November: Sébastien Suchet
Having helped National Motos Honda FMA win the Dunlop-equipped FIM Endurance World Cup in 2024 alongside team-mates Guillaume Raymond and Valentin Suchet, his younger brother, Sébastien Suchet will race no more after he made the “huge decision” to call time on his career behind the handlebars. This is what the 34-year-old has had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-sebastien-suchet-1
6 December: Wim Van Achter
Endurance racing presents one of the most challenging environments for riders and teams, where every component of a motorcycle must be engineered for maximum performance and reliability. Since the start of its successful partnership with the FIM Endurance World Championship and promoter Warner Bros. Discovery Sports in 2016, Dunlop has gripped winning Formula EWC teams and, in 2022, became the exclusive tyre supplier to EWC’s ultra-competitive Superstock-based FIM Endurance World Cup. Wim Van Achter is Dunlop Europe’s Motorsport Manager and this is what he’s had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-wim-van-achter
13 December: Jean-Baptiste Ley (below)
As Motorsport Events Director at Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, promoter of the FIM Endurance World Championship, Jean-Baptiste Ley oversees the promotion and operation of the EWC. At the completion of WBD Sports’ 10th season promoting the all-action EWC, this is what he’s had to say.
https://www.fimewc.com/en/news/ewc-take-five-with-jean-baptiste-ley
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