FIM Long Track of Nations

FIM Longtrack of Nations

Sport	Longtrack
Founded	2007
No. of teams	7 National Teams
Continent	World
Most recent champion(s)	Netherlands
Most titles	Germany (9 times)

The FIM Long Track of Nations, formerly known as the Long Track Team World Championship, is an annual track racing event since 2007 organized by the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM). ^[1] The championship has been won by Germany nine times. ^{[2] [3]}

The 2020 Championships in Morizès, France and the 2021 Championships in Roden, Netherlands were both cancelled, due to the issues regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. ^{[4] [5]}

Previous winners

Year	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
2007	Morizès	Germany	Great Britain	France
2008	Werlte	Germany	Netherlands	Great Britain
2009	Eenrum	Germany	Netherlands	France
2010	Morizès	Germany	France	Netherlands
2011	Scheeßel	Germany	Netherlands	Great Britain
2012	St. Macaire	Germany	Great Britain	France
2013	Folkestone	Netherlands	France	Great Britain
2014	Forssa	Germany	Netherlands	France
2015	Mühldorf	Great Britain	Germany	Finland
2016	Mariánské Lázně	Netherlands	Germany	Czech Republic
2017	Roden	Germany	France	Netherlands
2018	Morizes	France	Great Britain	Germany
2019	Vechta	France	Germany	Czech Republic
2020	Morizès	cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Roden	cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Herxheim	Germany	Czech Republic	France
2023	Roden	Netherlands	Germany	Great Britain

Classification

Rider	First	Second	Third	Podium
Germany	9	4	1	14
Netherlands	3	4	2	9
France	2	3	5	10
Great Britain	1	3	4	8
Czech Republic	0	1	2	3
Finland	0	0	1	1

Rules

Team composition

The 6 competing teams shall each consist of 4 riders: 3 riders having programmed rides and the fourth rider being a team reserve rider, as follows:

• Team A: 1, 2, 3, 19
• Team B: 4, 5, 6, 20
• Team C: 7, 8, 9, 21
• Team D: 10, 11, 12, 22
• Team E: 13, 14, 15, 23
• Team F: 16, 17, 18, 24

The team reserve rider may take the place of any programmed rider, at any time, within the maximum number of permitted heats (5 + 1 Final heat). The riders of each team must have the same nationality as the national federation which has nominated them.

Race format

Race format
Gate	A (inside)	B	C	D	E	F (outside)
Heat No	Riders starting No
1	1	4	2	5	3	6
2	7	10	8	11	9	12
3	13	16	14	17	15	18
4	16	1	17	2	18	3
5	10	13	11	14	12	15
6	4	7	5	8	6	9
7	8	14	9	15	7	13
8	5	17	6	18	4	16
9	2	11	3	12	1	10
10	11	5	12	6	10	4
11	14	2	15	3	13	1
12	17	8	18	9	16	7
13	12	18	10	16	11	17
14	9	3	7	1	8	2
15	6	15	4	13	5	14

Two teams meet in each heat. Heats will consist of 4 laps. The starting positions draw for each team will be balloted by the CCP.

Heats 1 to 15 are called Qualifying Heats and must be conducted according to the following schedule of heats (like in the table).

After heat 15 there will be an intermediate classification to decide the teams in the Final heats (C, B and A). The points scored in the first 15 heats do not count towards the final classification. There will be three Final heats:

• an A Final for the first and second placed points scoring teams,
• a B Final for the third and fourth placed points scoring teams and
• a C Final for the fifth and sixth placed teams in the intermediate classification.

Points scored in the Final heats by each single rider of a Team will be added to determine the first and second Team of that Final. Start positions for the teams will be balloted for the Finals with two possibilities for position:

• one, three, five or
• two, four, six.

Prize

Placing	Final
1st	7,500 CHF
2nd	6,500 CHF
3rd	5,500 CHF
4th	5,000 CHF
5th	4,500 CHF
6th	4,000 CHF
Total	33,000 CHF

Travel expenses, as well as long distance and ferry costs are included in the scale of expense reimbursement for each Championship meeting. All amounts indicated in the scale of reimbursement are shown in Swiss franc and are net amounts. All amounts can only be paid to the teams in Euro, Swiss franc, United States dollar or Pound sterling.

See also

• World Longtrack Championship
• European Grasstrack Championship

References

1. "European Long Track Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
2. "World Longtrack Championship". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
3. "Home | FIM".
4. "2020 FIM LONG TRACK OF NATIONS CANCELLED!". Eis Speedway. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
5. "FIM LONG TRACK OF NATIONS 2021 CANCELLED". FIM. Retrieved 2 August 2021.