World Endurance Championship Information

2001 World Endurance Championship Standings:

All the official coverage of the World Endurance Series has been focussed into two separate areas; the World Championship for WSB class bikes, and World Cup for SuperProduction machines. We thought this would be missing one of the most interesting aspects of this year's racing - which is quickest; a production bike with Ohlins forks and quick change wheels, or a detuned WSB racer?

Points for the Race24 Trophy were awarded on the basis of overall race finish position rather than class position. Completely unofficial, but much more fun...

Final Standings:

1st	11 Suzuki-Castrol	Suzuki GSX-R1000 (SPR) 207 
2nd	94 GMT 94		Suzuki GSX-R1000 (SPR) 147 
3rd	1 Phase One		Suzuki GSX-R1000 (SPR) 130 
4th	2 Zongshen Team (A)	Suzuki GSX-R1000 (SPR) 108
5th	12 Free Bike 		Yamaha R7 	 (WSB) 84 
6th	9 Wim Motors 		Honda SP-1 	 (WSB) 82
7th	111 Honda - Elf		Honda SP-W 	 (WSB) 80 
8th	22 Police Nationale	Kawasaki ZX9R 	 (STK) 76
9th	72 Junior Team LMS	Suzuki GSX-R1000 (SPR) 57 
10th	38 Endurance Moto 38	Yamaha R1 	 (SPR) 54 
11th	35 Moto Shop 35		Kawasaki ZX7RR 	 (WSB) 38 
12th=	41 Motomax/Derbi	Suzuki GSX-R1000 (SPR) 36 
12th=	3  Zong Shen Team (B)	Suzuki GSX-R1000 (SPR) 36 
14th	8 Bolliger Team		Kawasaki ZX7RR	 (WSB) 35
15th	34 Bergmann & Sohne	Suzuki GSX-R1000 (SPR) 31  

Other Brits:
49th=	21 Dynotech		Honda Fireblade	 (STK) 5  
57th=	88 GB Moto		Yamaha R1	 (SPR) 2  

SPR=SuperProduction, WSB=Superbike, STK=Stocksport

Suzuki Castrol were consistently good; points scored at every race they entered. GMT94 gave them a good chase, but only finished in front of Castrol Suzuki once. Zong Shen went well in the shorter races, while Phase One's performance finally kicked in at the end of the season.

Sixth placed Wim won their championship, as did eighth placed Police Nationale. Below the top ten it all gets very close; Motomax/Derbi only had half a season to get their 12th place. Dynotech were the top scoring Fireblade, and GB Moto the fifth highest placed R1 team.

Suzuki's GSX-R1000 might have been expected to be more dominant, but if you take out the factory backed bikes and individual championship winners from the top 15, all that's left (apart from big GSX-Rs) is Endurance Moto38, Moto Shop 35 and Bolliger; all endurance stalwarts who could probably get a decent result with a shopping trolley over 24 hours...

The official World Endurance Championship will follow the Race24 Trophy format next year. Wonder where they got that idea?

FIM Endurance World Championship (WSB class):

The official world championship for bikes tuned to WSB specifications. Virtually meaningless now that most of the top teams have defected to the SuperProduction class.

Final Standings:

1st - 9 Wim Motors Honda SP-1 		182 points
2nd - 12 FreeBike Yamaha R7 		130 points
3rd - 111 Honda Elf Honda SP-1		100 points
4th - 7 Ducateam Ducati 996 		 92 points 
5th - 6 Herman Verboven Suzuki GSX-R750	 91 points

Other Brits:
23rd - 27 Bikeshire Racing Suzuki GSX-R750
25th - 29 Morgan Read & Sharman Ducati 996
29th - 60 Team Alf's Ducati 996

FIM Endurance World Cup (SuperProduction class):

Presented as less prestigious than the World Championship, the SuperProduction World Cup has grabbed the imagination of the "permanent" teams and is arguably more competitive than the WSB class championship.

Final Standings:

1st - 11 Suzuki Castrol GSX-R1000 	222 points
2nd - 94 GMT94 GSX-R1000 		177 points
3rd - 2 Zongshen 'A' GSX-R1000 		150 points
4th - 1 Whirley Phase One GSX-R1000	132 points
5th - 38 Endurance Moto 38 Yamaha R1	 90 points

Other Brits:
 8th - 41 Motomax/Derbi Suzuki GSX-R	67 points
15th - 88 GB Moto Yamaha R1		21 points
19th - 42 Bike Torque Suzuki GSX-R	17 points
27th - 27 Bikeshire Racing Yamaha R1	10 points

FIM Endurance Cup (Stocksport class):

Stocksport class; Untuned engines - stock chassis, suspension, wheels and brakes. Should be cheap racing but the Police Nationale bike (moving up to SuperProd next year) was always suspiciously fast.

Final Standings:

1st - 22 Police Nationale Kawasaki ZX9R		192 points	
2nd - 23 Jet Endurance Team Suzuki GSX-R1000	124 points
3rd - 47 Bridgestone Bikers Profi Suzuki GSX-R	108 points

Other Brits:
18th - 21 Dynotech Performance Honda Fireblade
39th - 55 Trackdaze.co.uk 'B' Yamaha R1
44th - 54 Trackdaze.co.uk 'A' Yamaha R1
48th - 32 US/GB Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000
50th - 27 Bikeshire Racing Yamaha R1

Points Awarded:

Shown below are the points awarded for each finishing position in a 24 hour race. Points for 6 and 8 hour races are halved.

1st: 50 points
2nd: 40 points
3rd: 32 points
4th: 26 points
5th: 22 points

6th: 20 points
7th: 18 points
8th: 16 points
9th: 14 points
10th: 12 points

11th: 10 points
12th: 8 points
13th: 6 points
14th: 4 points
15th: 2 points

2001 Calendar of Events:

April 14th/15th:	Le Mans (France) 24 Hour
May 6th:	Brno (Czech Rep') 6 Hour
June 9th:	Brands Hatch (UK) 6 Hour Note: Race on Saturday!
July 1st:	Nurburgring (Germany) 6 Hour
July 14th/15th:	Spa Francorchamps (Belgium) 24 Hour
August 5th:	Suzuka (Japan) 8 hour
August 11th/12th:	Oschersleben (Germany) 24 Hour
September 15th/16th:	Bol D'Or (France) 24 Hour Note: to be held at Magny Cours

Click here for a more detailed calendar.

Entry Classes:

Superbike:	4 cylinder engines, 601 to 750cc, 167kgs min 3 cylinder engines, 601 to 900cc, 167kgs min 2 cylinder engines, 751 to 1000cc, 167kgs min Run to the same rules as WSB, based on road bikes but engine and chassis can both be modified.
Stocksport:	4 cylinder engines, 601 to 1000cc 3 cylinder engines, 751 to 1000cc 2 cylinder engines, 851 to 1200cc Bikes very close to standard specification. Stocksport bikes may use non-street tyres.
SuperProduction:	4 cylinder engines, 601 to 1000cc 3 cylinder engines, 751 to 1000cc 2 cylinder engines, 851 to 1200cc Similar to Stocksport, but with the cycle parts modified for endurance purposes; quick change wheels and so on.
Supersport:	4 cylinder engines, 401 to 600cc, 172kgs min 2 cylinder engines, 601 to 750cc, 172kgs min Smaller engined machines with a limited amount of tuning allowed.

Click here for a more detailed explanation.

2000 World Championship:

Position	Rider	Nat.	Bike	Points
1	P. Linden	SWE	Suzuki	137
1	W. Nowland	AUS	Suzuki	137
3	S. Mertens	BEL	Suzuki	130
4	Ch. Guyot	FRA	Kawasaki	112
4	N. Dussauge	FRA	Kawasaki	112
4	S. Scarnato	FRA	Kawasaki	112
7	H. Graf	SUI	Kawasaki	79
7	A. Heiler	GER	Kawasaki	79
7	M. Kellenberger	SUI	Kawasaki	79
10	A. Van Den Bossche	FRA	Suzuki	65
10	C. Lavieille	FRA	Suzuki	65

1999 World Championship:

Click here for an in depth review and analysis of the 1999 season.

Position	Rider	Nat.	Bike	Points
1	Terry RYMER	GBR	SUZUKI	122
1	Jéhan D'ORGEIX	FRA	SUZUKI	122
3	Christian LAVIEILLE	FRA	SUZUKI	90
4	Bruno BONHUIL	FRA	SUZUKI	90
5	Michel GRAZIANO	FRA	SUZUKI	88
5	Telmo PEREIRA	POR	SUZUKI	88
7	Steve HISLOP	GBR	KAWASAKI	80
8	Bertrand SEBILEAU	FRA	KAWASAKI	68
9	Nicolas SCHMASSMANN	SUI	SUZUKI	62
9	Jürgen PLASCHKA	GER	SUZUKI	62

Previous World Champions:

Year	Rider	Manufacturer
2000	Nowland(AUS)/Linden(SWE)	Suzuki
1999	Rymer(GB)/D'Orgeix(F)	Suzuki
1998	Lavielle(F)/Costes(F)	Honda
1997	Goddard(Aus)/Polen(USA)	Suzuki
1996	B Morrison(GB)	Kawasaki
1995	Mertens(B)/Mattioli(F)	Honda
1994	A Morillas(F)	Kawasaki
1993	D Toland(USA)	Kawasaki
1992	Rymer(GB)/Fogarty(GB)	Kawasaki
1991	A Viera(F)	Kawasaki

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