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EWC 2018-2019 Calendar MEDIA GUIDE Provisional FIM EWC 2018-2019 calendar 15/16 September 2018 - Bol d’Or (24 h) / Le Castellet - France 20/21 April 2019 - 24 Heures Motos / Le Mans – France 11 May 2019* - 8 Hours of Slovakia Ring / Slovakia 8 June 2019* - 8 Hours of Oschersleben / Germany 28 July 2019 – Suzuka 8 Hours / Japan *Race held on the Saturday Calendrier prévisionnel FIM EWC 2018-2019 15/16 septembre 2018 - Bol d’Or (24 h) / Le Castellet - France 20/21 avril 2019 - 24 Heures Motos / Le Mans – France 11 mai 2019* - 8 Hours of Slovakia Ring / Slovaquie 8 juin 2019* - 8 Hours of Oschersleben / Allemagne 28 juillet 2019 – Suzuka 8 Hours / Japon *course le samedi Bol d’Or ushers in new season The 2018-2019 season of the FIM EWC will begin on 15 and 16 September at the Bol d’Or on the Paul Ricard circuit in the South of France. The 24-hour race will see 59 teams on the track, with 42 teams from 13 different countries under contract to compete the entire season. This season gets underway with a marked increase in the number of teams racing every round of the championship: from 33 squads last season to 42 in 2018-2019. The world championship has also drawn new participating countries. Sweden and Monaco will swell the ranks of endurance racing, while more Eastern European countries are joining the fray. Importers too are getting more heavily involved. Six factory-backed teams will be at the start, some of them featuring stronger line-ups. F.C.C. TSR Honda France (Freddy Foray, Josh Hook and Mike Di Meglio) will be defending its title and all-new N°1 against Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (Vincent Philippe, Etienne Masson and Gregg Black), Honda Endurance Racing (Sébastien Gimbert, Gregory Leblanc and Erwan Nigon) and YART Yamaha (Broc Parkes, Niccolò Canepa and Marvin Fritz) as well as Team SRC Kawasaki France (Jeremy Guarnoni, David Checa and Randy de Puniet), which is back chasing the world title this season. The latest factory team ERC-BMW Motorrad Endurance (formerly NRT48) marks a stronger showing by the German manufacturer. With a current rider line-up comprising Kenny Foray, Julien da Costa and Mathieu Gines, the team has performed consistently well since debuting in the FIM EWC back in 2013. A few challengers can however be expected to give the factory teams a run for their money, like Bolliger Team Switzerland (Kawasaki), Mercury Racing (BMW) and Webike Tati Team Trickstar (Julien Enjolras, Kevin Denis and Osamu Deguchi). This Franco-Japanese Kawasaki-mounted partnership will race the Bol d’Or in the Superstock class. Sweden Endurance Racing Team’s Yamaha-mounted trio (Christoffer Bergman, Jari Tuovinen and Ville Valtonen) will also be worth keeping an eye on. Yamaha on all fronts Yamaha is also officially backing a number of other teams, starting with Yamaha Viltaïs Pierret Experiences (Florian Alt, Axel Maurin, Alan Techer and Vincent Lonbois) which has just moved up into the EWC class. Team 3ART Moto Team 95 (Alex Plancassagne, Matthieu Lussiana and Morgan Berchet) is also moving up into the EWC category with backing from Yamaha. Following a remarkable 2nd-place finish at last season’s Bol d’Or and a 3rd place at the 24 Heures Motos, Penz13 Wepol Racing (Danny Webb, Mathieu Lagrive and Sheridan Morais) has left BMW for Yamaha with the latter’s backing in the Formula EWC category. Yamaha is also sponsoring Moto Ain ECS, a tie-up with the technical crew of Ecurie Chrono Sport. The team is aiming to win the 2018-2019 Superstock World Cup with riders Roberto Rolfo, Robin Mulhauser, Julien Pilot and Stefan Hill. The first official free practice session of the Bol d’Or is scheduled for 9.30am CEST on Thursday 13 September. The 24-hour race will be flagged off at 3pm on Saturday 15 September. Exciting battle on the cards in Superstock The battle to conquer the FIM EWC World Cup looks set to be as exciting as the quest for the world title. No fewer than 24 Superstock teams feature in the ranks of the 42 full-season squads in 2018-2019. The new clash begins next week at the Bol d’Or on the Paul Ricard circuit. Webike Tati Team Trick Star, the new avatar of the 2017-2018 World Cup winner Tati Team Beaujolais Racing, will be front and centre. The French squad managed by Patrick Enjolras tied up this summer with Japanese team Trick Star Racing, which has raced the Suzuka 8 Hours since 2006 and stood on the Bol d’Or podium in 2016. The two Kawasaki-mounted teams have joined forces in a bid to make it into the FIM EWC Top 5. Riders Julien Enjolras, Kevin Denis and Osamu Deguchi have been charged with making that happen. Webike Tati Team Trick Star will be racing the Bol d’Or in the Superstock, but is actively seeking sponsors to move up into Formula EWC at the 24 Heures Motos and beyond. International competitors gearing up Junior Team Le Mans Sud Suzuki, last season’s World Cup runner-up and winner of the 2014 Superstock Cup, is back racing the entire season with riders Hugo Clère, Alex Sarrabayrouse and Louis Rossi. Another formidable opponent is Moto Ain ECS, the 2017-2018 World Cup’s second runner-up. The Moto Ain and Ecurie Chrono Sport combo has garnered Yamaha’s backing to clinch the Superstock title, while Yamaha Viltaïs Pierret Experiences has moved up into Formula EWC. Moto Ain ECS is fielding a rider line-up comprising Roberto Rolfo, Robin Mulhauser, Julien Pilot and Stefan Hill. Italian squad No Limits Motor Team (Suzuki), the 4th-place World Cup finisher, is now targeting the podium with an all-Italian line-up: Christian Gamarino, Luca Scassa, Michael Mazzina and Cristiano Ascanio. Motors Events, who are making their Superstock comeback, are also expected to be very competitive. The Suzuki #50 has been entrusted to Belgian rider Gregory Fastré, Frenchman Baptiste Guittet and British racer Kev Coghlan, who placed 5th in the 2014 FIM Supersport World Championship. Team 33 Coyote Louit Moto (Kawasaki) is also well-equipped to do battle among the leaders with a line-up of young talent: 22-year-old Enzo Boulom; Kevin Manfredi, 22, Chris Leesch, 23, and 18-year- old Antoine Thouzet. Another team worth keeping an eye on is Germany’s BMW-mounted GERT56 by RS Speedbikes, with a strong rider line-up: Julian Puffe, Stefan Kerschbaumer, Filip Altendorfer and Rico Löwe. French team Atomic Motosport (Suzuki) has tied up with Italian squad Aviobike and will have Guillaume Antiga partnering with brothers Christian and Federico Napoli. Energie Endurance 91 (Kawasaki) has signed up for a 2nd season and is expected to make good progress with riders Noel Roussange, Kevin Lavainne, Léo Meunier and Jérôme Danton. Kawasaki-mounted Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers will be racing the full season with the issue of reliability well under control and a Franco-Spanish trio comprising Enrique Ferrer, Robin Camus and Florent Tourne. As for AM Moto Racing Compétition (Kawasaki) and JMA Motos Action Bike (Suzuki), the goal is to consistently score points to put a tough last season behind them. Twelve new challengers Twelve new teams are racing the full season, including a Monaco-based squad, a Czech team and a Polish team: LCR Endurance, Team 202, BMRT 3D Maccio Racing, TMC 35, Fast Team Racing, GSM Racing, Team Seigneur Motosport, Pitlane Endurance, Exteria Racing Team, Falcon Racing, Players and Wójcik Racing Team 2, the junior offshoot of EWC squad Wójcik Racing Team. 2018-2019 FIM EWC points and classification Points awarded on 2018-2019 FIM EWC races Points accordés sur les courses FIM EWC 2018-2019 Points for Bol d'Or & Points for 8 H of Slovakia Ring & Points for Final * Suzuka Pos 24 Heures Motos 8 H of Oschersleben 8 Hours 1 40 30 45 2 33 24 36 3 28 21 31,5 4 24 19 28,5 5 21 17 25,5 6 19 15 22,5 7 17 14 21 8 15 13 19,5 9 13 12 18 10 11 11 16,5 11 10 10 15 12 9 9 13,5 13 8 8 12 14 7 7 10,5 15 6 6 9 16 5 5 7,5 17 4 4 6 18 3 3 4,5 19 2 2 3 20 1 1 1,5 * According to FIM regulations, the points allocated for the final round is promoted by 150 % * Conformément aux règlements FIM, les points accordés sur la manche finale sont valorisés à 150 % Bonus points on 12 to 24 h races NEW / NOUVEAU Points bonus sur les courses de 12 h à 24 h The teams on Top10 after 8h and 16h of race Bonus points for 5 best positions receive bonus points on the starting grid Les teams du Top10 après 8h et 16h de course Points bonus pour les 5 premiers reçoivent des points bonus sur la grille de départ Bonus after Bonus after On each race, Top5 teams on starting grid Pos 8h of race 16h of race receive bonus points 1 10 10 Sur chaque course, les 5 premiers sur la grille 2 9 9 de départ reçoivent des points bonus 3 8 8 Positions on 4 7 7 Bonus points 5 6 6 starting grid 6 5 5 1 5 7 4 4 2 4 8 3 3 3 3 9 2 2 4 2 10 1 1 5 1 82e Bol d'Or - 15 & 16 septembre 2018 59 engagés PILOTES MOTO N° TEAM NAT CATEGORIE PILOTE BLEU NAT PILOTE JAUNE NAT PILOTE ROUGE NAT PILOTE VERT NAT Marque Modèle 1 F.C.C TSR HONDA France * JPN FORAY Freddy FRA HOOK Josh AUS DI MEGLIO Mike FRA Honda CBR 1000 RR EWC 2 SUZUKI ENDURANCE RACING TEAM * FRA PHILIPPE Vincent FRA MASSON Etienne FRA BLACK Gregg GBR Suzuki GSX-R 1000 EWC 3 AM MOTO RACING COMPETITION * FRA VIOLLAND Anthony FRA ALIERN Anthony FRA PROKOP Janusch GER NEUMANN Steven FRA Kawasaki ZX-10R SST 4 WEBIKE TATI TEAM TRICKSTAR * FRA ENJOLRAS Julien FRA DENIS Kevin FRA DEGUCHI Osamu JPN Kawasaki ZX-10R SST 6 ERC-BMW MOTORRAD ENDURANCE * GER FORAY Kenny FRA DA COSTA Julien FRA GINES Mathieu FRA BMW S 1000 RR EWC 7 YART - YAMAHA * AUT PARKES Broc AUS CANEPA Niccolo ITA FRITZ Marvin GER Yamaha YZF-R1 EWC 8 TEAM BOLLIGER SWITZERLAND * SUI STAMM Roman SUI SUCHET Sebastien SUI
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