2023 Individual Long Track World Championship | |
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Start date | 18 May |
End date | 17 September |
The 2023 FIM Long Track World Championship was the 53rd edition of the FIM Individual Long Track World Championship. [1] [2]
Mathieu Trésarrieu was the defending champion having won the title in 2022, but did not compete. [3]
Germany's Martin Smolinski won the championship by seven points from Chris Harris, despite not winning a Grand Prix. It was the second time he won the title, having also triumphed in 2018. Kenneth Kruse Hansen completed the podium on countback, ahead of Zach Wajtknecht.
Final | Date | Venue | Winner |
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1 | 18 May | Herxheim | Josef Franc [4] |
2 | 17 June | Ostrów Wielkopolski | Chris Harris [5] |
3 | 13 July | Marmande | Chris Harris [6] |
4 | 20 August | Scheessel | Kenneth Kruse Hansen [7] |
5 | 2 September | Morizes | Romano Hummel [8] |
6 | 17 September | Mühldorf | Kenneth Kruse Hansen [9] |
Pos | Rider | Final 1 | Final 2 | Final 3 | Final 4 | Final 5 | Final 6 | Total |
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1 | Martin Smolinski | 13 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 106 |
2 | Chris Harris | 10 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 99 |
3 | Kenneth Kruse Hansen | 2 | 17 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 77 |
4 | Zach Wajtknecht | 19 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 77 |
5 | Romano Hummel | 11 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 73 |
6 | Josef Franc | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 64 |
7 | Jakub Bukhave | 9 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 54 |
8 | Lukas Fienhage | 17 | 8 | 13 | 9 | x | x | 47 |
Hynek Štichauer | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 47 | |
10 | Dave Meijerink | x | 3 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 45 |
11 | Mika Meijer | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 32 |
12 | Stephan Katt | 8 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 29 |
Theo Pijper | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 29 | |
14 | Gaétan Stella | 15 | 1 | x | x | 7 | 1 | 24 |
15 | Tero Aarnio | x | x | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
16 | Erik Riss | x | x | x | 15 | x | x | 15 |
17 | Stanisław Burza | x | 10 | x | x | x | x | 10 |
18 | Jörg Tebbe | 0 | x | x | 1 | x | 8 | 9 |
19 | Daniel Spiller | 5 | x | x | x | x | x | 5 |
Jordan Dubernard | x | x | 0 | x | 5 | x | 5 | |
21 | Max Dilger | 4 | x | x | x | x | x | 4 |
22 | Mathias Trésarrieu | x | x | 2 | x | x | x | 2 |
23 | Fabian Wachs | x | x | x | 0 | x | x | 0 |
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