Yoshimura SERT Motul’s capture of the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship was celebrated among the stars of international motorcycle sport on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
Riders Gregg Black, Dan Linfoot and Étienne Masson were joined at the FIM Awards, which took place at the Palma Convention Centre overlooking the Balearic island’s capital city, by Yoshimura SERT Motul Team Director Yohei Kato and Team Manager Damien Saulnier to accept their coveted gold medals from Ignacio Verneda, FIM Deputy President.
Taking place at the end of Warner Bros. Discovery Sports’ 10th season as promoter of the EWC and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM)’s 120th anniversary year, the 2024 FIM Awards was attended by 1000 guests. They included FIM MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin, FIM Superbike world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu, Ana Carrasco, the winner of the FIM Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship, and Bartosz Zmarzlik, world champion in FIM Speedway Grand Prix, which is also promoted by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports under a long-term alliance with the FIM.
Yoshimura SERT Motul’s 13th EWC title triumph in its various incarnations came at the end of another action-packed EWC season. The Suzuki-powered squad, which also featured Albert Arenas and Cocoro Atsumi in its line-up, won twice during the season with Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team and Team HRC with Japan Post claiming a victory apiece. Notably, Linfoot, a new Yoshimura SERT Motul recruit for 2024, finished on the podium in all four EWC races, a feat recognised by a selection of international media who voted him the Hero of the Year in the first EWC Expert Views.
The other EWC award winners of 2024 were National Motos Honda FMA, which won the FIM Endurance World Cup for Teams and the Dunlop Superstock Trophy, Yamaha, which topped the final standings in the FIM Endurance World Championship for Manufacturers and Honda, the winner of the FIM Endurance World Cup for Manufacturers. KM99, meanwhile, completed the 2024 EWC season as the leading independent team.
Yohei Kato, Yoshimura SERT Motul Team Director, said: “We owe this result to the people who work behind the scenes at Yoshimura; the designers and engineers. They built a very good bike, so I’d like to thank all those people behind us. And, of course, I’d like to thank the whole Yoshimura SERT Motul team. We fight for the title every season, and I’m very proud of the team and this result.”
Dan Linfoot, Yoshimura SERT Motul rider, said: “It was a fantastic season, great memories and great feelings. I’m super-proud of Yoshimura SERT Motul for delivering the results and the championship. To be able to call myself a world champion is special, I’m super-pleased.”
FIM Endurance World Championship 2025 calendar
Round 1: 24 Heures Motos, Le Mans, France: 17-20 April
Round 2: 8 Hours of Spa Motos, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium: 6-7 June
Round 3: 46th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race, Suzuka Circuit, Japan: 1-3 August
Round 4: Bol d’Or, Circuit Paul Ricard, France: 18-21 September
