Bolt Clinches SuperEnduro World
Championship
I
t was a night marked by the
number six: the sixth round of
the 2026 SuperEnduro season,
during which Billy Bolt was
pursuing his sixth indoor World
Championship in Newcastle,
England, on February 29. Ad
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ditionally, six podium finishes
across the three Prestige class
races were held by British riders,
making it a remarkably success-
ful evening for the home fans in
Newcastle.
It wasn't a night without
drama, as Jonny Walker rode
with a broken hand—a painful
but manageable metacarpal
bone, he said—and it didn't pre
-
vent him from delivering Bolt's
worst result of the season, third,
in moto two.
Bolt was fastest in practice,
but he hasn't always been this
season. An 85-point champion
-
ship lead meant he could coast
to podiums on the night and still
clinch the title a round early (the
final GP is in Douai, France, next
weekend).
In Superpole, Mitch Bright
-
more and Jonny Walker posted
their fastest times of the day
to put the pressure on Bolt.
Both went inside the 32s, but
Bolt matched them, posting his
fastest lap, and the fastest lap
of anyone all day and night, at
32.009.
Come race night, Brightmore
got a strong start in moto one to
lead ahead of Bolt and Walker.
It took a lap or two, but Bolt
made the move on Brightmore,
and the pair matched each
other for pace to pull clear. A
mistake from Bolt in the rocks
brought Brightmore close, but a
couple of laps later, a mistake
from Brightmore gave Walker a
chance of second.
A lap later, Bolt then tucked
WIND
IN THE
P62
Billy Bolt clinched
the 2026 FIM
SuperEnduro World
Championship after
winning again, this
time in front of
his home fans in
Newcastle.
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