BMW Completes Bol d'Or Redemption
With EWC Title
T
he BMW Motorrad World
Endurance Team banished
the demons of 2025 at Bol d'Or
when their engine expired just a
half an hour from the title by win-
ning the final round of the 2026
FIM Endurance World Champion-
ship and securing BMW's first
EWC World Championship title.
The number 37 BMW Motor-
rad World Endurance Team, with
Markus Reiterberger, Steven
Odendaal and Michael van der
Mark sharing the BMW M 1000
RR, completed a record 742 laps
of Circuit Paul Ricard in France
to take victory after 24 hours of
largely trouble-free running. The
win also delivered the maximum
points haul available at the sea-
son finale.
Yoshimura SERT Motul (Gregg
Black, Etienne Masson and Dan
Linfoot) finished second, one lap
behind BMW, while YART Yama-
ha Official EWC Team's Leandro
Mercado, Marvin Fritz and Karel
Hanika completed the overall
podium a further lap adrift.
BMW entered the finale
19 points behind YART in the
championship but overturned
the deficit through pole position,
victory and the maximum bonus
points at the eight- and 16-hour
checkpoints. The final champion-
ship margin was four points, with
BMW finishing on 158 compared
with YART's 154.
F.C.C. TSR Honda France (Alan
Techer, Corentin Perolari and
John McPhee), finished fourth,
eight laps behind the winning
BMW. Kawasaki Webike Trick-
star (Roman Ramos, Christian
Gamarino, Gregory Leblanc) was
fifth, 24 laps down.
In the final championship
standings, BMW is the new EWC
king on 158 points to YART Ya-
maha Official EWC Team's 154
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