Full Entry List for World Endurance Championship The full list of permanent teams competing in the World Endurance Championship has now been confirmed by the FIM. The 21 teams who will take part in the full championship represent seven manufacturers Aprilia, Ducati, Honda, Kawasaki, MV Agusta, Suzuki and Yamaha and 17 nations. Riders and teams from Europe, Australia and Japan pack the entry list, with Germany and Italy the most frequently represented. Yamaha – in the shape of French team GMT94 – took the World Endurance Championship crown last year, ending a run of title successes for Suzuki. With increasingly serious entries from Kawasaki, Honda and the Italian manufacturers MV Agusta, Ducati and Aprilia, the 2005 championship is set to bring us close racing for the whole season. Suzuki are determined to win back their crown, with a new GSX-R1000 and top Japanese rider Keiichi Kitagawa recruited to ride alongside French ace Vincent Philippe. German teams Bridgestone Bikers and Innodrom, along with and Italian squad No Limits, will also campaign Suzukis but the strongest competition will come from two Yamaha teams. Phase One Endurance are already triple World Endurance Champions, and with popular Aussie Warwick Nowland (himself a double world champion) back on their YZF-R1, confidence levels in the British team are high. Yamaha Austria have also strengthened their rider line-up, with fast Frenchman Gwen Giabbani joining Slovenian Igor Jerman. The depth of talent continues throughout the rest of the field, with French team Powerbike joining the World Endurance Championship for the first time and Italian squad X-One switching from Benelli to Yamaha. The three Italian factories represented in the championship will be going head to head for national honour at every round. MV Agusta start their second year in the series with backing from Burger King and the German MV importers, Ducati Spring Team are a stronger outfit this year, but perhaps the most interesting entry is the Motociclismo magazine backed Aprilia squad, with riders Fabrizio Pellizzon and double motocross world champion Frederic Bolley. The sole Honda entry comes from the German Project Team Honda Endurance, while Kawasaki are represented by Swiss team Bolliger, their British partners Diablo, and the German RMT21 squad. The experience and consistency of Bolliger in particular leads many to expect podium results and race wins for Kawasaki in 2005. The championship begins with the now traditional Easter Monday date for the Assen 500km race, before moving on to the Albacete 8 Hour, Suzuka 8 Hour, Oschersleben 24 Hour and the season finale 200 Miglia di Vallelunga. 2005 Permanent Teams 2, Suzuki Castrol Team, FRA, Suz GSX-R1000, Vincent Philippe, FRA, Matthieu Lagrive, FRA, Keiichi Kitagawa, JAP 3, Yamaha Phase One Endurance, GBR, Yam YZF-R1, Andi Notman, GBR, Damian Cudlin, AUS, Warwick Nowland, AUS 4, Yamaha X – One, ITA, Yam YZF-R1, Paolo Tessari, ITA, Riccardo Ricci, ITA, tba 5, Bridgestone Bikers Profi Team, GER, Suz GSX-R1000, Tim Roethig, GER, Thomas Cziborra, GER, Stefan Strauch, GER, Ame Tode, GER 6, Shell Endurance Academy, GBR, Yam YZF-R1, Henry Ficher, GBR, Marko Rohtlaan, EST, Alek Buseski, POL 7, Yamaha Austria Racing Team, AUT, Yam YZF-R1, Horst Saiger, AUT, Igor Jerman, SLO, Gwen Giabbani, FRA, Thomas Hinterreiter, AUT 8, Bolliger Team Switzerland, SUI, Kaw ZX-10R, Marcel Kellenbeger, SUI, David Morillon, FRA, tba 9, Aprilia Motociclismo Test Team, ITA, Apr RSV1000, Antonio Calasso, ITA, Federico Aliverti, ITA, Frederic Bolley, FRA, Fabrizio Pellizzon, ITA 10, Ducati Spring Team, ITA, Duc 999, Matteo Colombo, ITA, Lorenzo Mauri, ITA, tba 11, MV Agusta Burger King Lust Rac., GER, MV Agusta 1000, Gerd P. Meyer, GER, Stefan Meyer, GER, tba 12, Team Suzuki Fagersjo-el.se, SWE, Suz GSX-R1000, Niklas Carlberg, SWE, Tobias Andersson, SWE, Martin Johansson, SWE, Lars Carlbark, SWE 14, Maco Moto Racing Team, SLK, Yam YZF-R1, Martin Kuzma, SLK, Milos Cihak, CZE, Marek Svoboda, CZE 15, Team Innodrom Racing, GER, Suz GSX-R1000, NiggiSchmassmann, SUI, Lars Albrecht, GER, tba 18, Suzuki Eurosport Benelux, NED, Suz GSX-R1000, Ruud Van Stralen, NED, Lex Van Dijk, NED, tba 20, Projecteam Honda Endurance, GER, Hon CBR1000RR, Hubertus Junker, GER, Philipp Ludwig, GER, Roger Maher, IRL 21, RMT 21, GER, Kaw ZX-10R, Mark Bruning, GER, Thomas Roth, GER, tba 44, No Limits & R.T. Motor Team, ITA, Suz GSX-R1000, Roberto Ruozi, ITA, Moreno Codeluppi, ITA, Andrea Giachino, ITA 51, Suzuki Fabi Corse, ITA, Suz GSX-R1000, Patrizio Fabi, ITA, Eric Monot, FRA, tba 68, Team Power Bike, FRA, Yam YZF-R1, David Barrot, FRA, Patrick Viera, FRA, tba 76, Suzuki Austria Team 76, AUT, Suz GSX-R1000, Sandor Bitter, HUN, Gerhard Klein, AUT, Marjan Malec, SLO 666, Kawasaki Diablo 666, GBR, Kaw ZX-10R, James Hutchins, GBR, Kevin Falcke, GBR, Steve Mizera, GER, Mike Edwards, GBR