The 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship wasn’t just about the epic action on track. Here are some of the key numbers from the last 12 months.

45: The 2024 season was the FIM Endurance World Championship’s 45th

10: It was also the 10th promoted by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports

4: For the first time, Superstock teams could enter four riders to race in the two 24-hour contests

1: In another first for the EWC, the Suzuka 8 Hours formed part of the FIM Endurance World Cup schedule

8: Rather than running for 24 hours, Belgium’s EWC counter became the 8 Hours of Spa Motos, the first eight-hour EWC race in Europe since 2019

6.985: At 6.985 kilometres, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps was the longest on the EWC calendar

4.185: Meanwhile, at 4.185 kilometres, Circuit Bugatti was the shortest

54: Former EWC champion Jason Pridmore was 54 years and 25 days old when he made a one-off return to the championship in the 8 Hours of Spa Motos

18: When the 2024 EWC season began at Le Mans, Daniel González was 18 years, nine months and five days old

4: Dan Linfoot finished on the podium in all four EWC races in 2024 (below)

13: The Briton’s performances helped Yoshimura SERT Motul win a 13th EWC title (11 times as Suzuki Endurance Racing Team and two times as Yoshimura SERT Motul)

3: Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team pole run stretched to three events before being halted by BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team

43: Team Bolliger Switzerland has completed 43 consecutive seasons in the EWC

30: Team HRC’s third Suzuka 8 Hours victory in a row was also the 30th by the squad

1: Team Aviobike by M2 Revo’s 8 Hours of Spa Superstock victory was its first in the EWC and the first for the Aprilia brand

685: Gino Rea returned from serious injury to race in the EWC after a gap of 685 days

2: Niccolò Canepa retired from racing as a two-time EWC champion

1: Sébastien Suchet helped National Motos Honda FMA to its first FIM Endurance World Cup for Teams before calling time on his competition career

40: Suzuki Motor Corporation contested the 45th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race with a motorcycle using 40 per cent bio-sourced sustainable fuel, plus other eco-friendly products

1: MotoGP star Johann Zarco (below) scored his first EWC victory on his championship debut when he triumphed at Suzuka.