For the 2019/20 season, BMW Motorrad expanded its works projects to include the FIM Endurance World Championship. The BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team has immediately made a name for itself in this high-class world championship. In 2025, Markus Reiterberger, Sylvain Guintoli and new addition Steven Odendaal share duties as regular riders on Werner Daemen's team's #37 BMW M 1000 RR, Hannes Soomer is the fourth rider again.
From the very first race in the FIM EWC, the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team caused a stir with some successes and lap records. In its second season, the team celebrated a first win at Most and claimed runners-up spot in the World Championship. In 2022, the Werner Daemen team led celebrated its first win in a 24-hour race - appropriately at its home race, the 24H SPA EWC Motos at Spa-Francorchamps. It was also the first win at a 24-hour race for a European manufacturer in decades. In the 2023 season, the team finished all three 24-hour races on the podium and concluded the year in third position of the overall World Championship standings. This success story comes as no surprise, as the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team boasts concentrated experience gained over decades of involvement in international motor racing.
Team Manager Werner Daemen was once a racer himself, reaching the podium in the World Endurance Championship. The Belgian rider also claimed the first international win for the BMW S 1000 RR, in the IDM race at the Salzburgring in 2009. After he retired from racing, Daemen became the full-time team principal at his MRP Racing organisation - celebrating wins in several championships. He and his team have so far secured nine titles with BMW in the IDM and the European Stock 1000 Championship. The extensive experience of Daemen and his team are the key to the successful performances in the FIM EWC.
Date of birth: 9th March 1994
Nationality: German
3rd place FIM Endurance World Championship – FIM Superbike World Championship – FIM Asia Road Racing Championship
3rd place FIM Endurance World Championship – Champion in the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship
Champion in the International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM) – FIM Endurance World Championship
2nd place FIM Endurance World Championship
FIM Endurance World Championship - Asia Road Racing Championship
14th place in the FIM Superbike World Championship
Champion in the FIM Superstock 1000 European Championship
Champion in the International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM)
16th place in the FIM Superbike World Championship
Champion in the International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM)
3rd place in the International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM) - Debut in the FIM Endurance World Championship
Champion in the International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM) - Debut in the FIM Superbike World Championship
6th place FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
8th place FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
Date of birth: 24th June 1982
Nationality: French
3rd place in the FIM Endurance World Championship - BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Test Team rider
2nd place in the FIM Endurance World Championship, winner Bol d’Or
2nd place in the FIM Endurance World Championship, winner 24h Le Mans
World Champion in the FIM Endurance World Championship, winner 24h Le Mans & Bol d’Or
MotoGP World Championship
MotoGP test rider
MotoGP World Championship
Superbike World Championship, British Superbike Championship & MotoGP test rider
11th place in the Superbike World Championship
6th place in the Superbike World Championship
World Champion in the Superbike World Championship
3rd place in the Superbike World Championship
7th place in the Superbike World Championship
6th place in the Superbike World Championship
7th place in the Superbike World Championship, winner Qatar 8 Hours
British Superbike Championship & Superbike World Championship
MotoGP World Championship
MotoGP World Championship
500cc World Championship test rider & wild card rider
250cc World Championship
Date of birth: 2nd March 1993
Nationality: South African
FIM Endurance World Championship – FIM Supersport World Championship
FIM Endurance World Championship
3rd place in the FIM Endurance World Championship, winner Bol d’Or
2nd place in the FIM Supersport World Championship
FIM Supersport World Championship
Moto2 World Championship
3rd place in the FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship
Champion in the FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship – Champion in the South African Super600 Championship
FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship – Champion in the South African Super600 Championship
FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship – Champion in the South African Super600 Championship
FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship
FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship
FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship
Date of birth: 17th February 1998
Nationality: Estonian
3rd place FIM Endurance World Championship – International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM)
FIM Superbike World Championship – International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM)
FIM Supersport World Championship
FIM Supersport World Championship
FIM Supersport World Championship
FIM Supersport World Championship
FIM Supersport World Championship
FIM Supersport World Championship – Champion in the European Supersport Cup
FIM Supersport World Championship
FIM Supersport World Championship
999 cc, four-cylinder four-stroke engine with four titanium valves per cylinder and variable intake camshaft control BMW ShiftCam, liquid-cooled, titanium rods, 2-ring pistons
Constant mesh 6-speed gearbox with straight cut gears, secondary drive via ///M Performance chain by Regina
> 222 hp at over 14,000 rpm
80 x 49.7 mm
Electronic injection, variable intake manifold length
Akrapovič
24 l
Champion Lubricants, wet sump
170 kg without fuel tank and its content
1.450 mm (variable)
2,080 mm
561 mm (718 mm incl. wings)
Upside-down telescopic Öhlins RVP25/30 front fork
Underslung BMW swing arm, full-floater linkage, Öhlins RVP50 shock absorber
Twin-disc Motomaster 320 mm, Nissin radial 6-piston callipers
Single-disc Motomaster 220 mm, Nissin 2-piston callipers
PVM forged wheels, front 17’’ x 3.5’’, rear 17’’ x 6.0’’
Bridgestone
8H Spa
Round two of the FIM Endurance World Championship (FIM EWC) took place at Spa-Francorchamps and the results for the BMW M 1000 RR were second place overall in the FIM EWC for the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team as well as pole position and Superstock class victory for the Champion-MRP-Tecmas Team.
24h Le Mans
The 2025 season opener of the FIM Endurance World Championship (FIM EWC) will go down as one of the most dramatic 24-hour races in history. From start to finish, persistent rain during the 24 Hours of Le Mans created extremely treacherous conditions. In this eventful endurance marathon, the BMW teams demonstrated the potential of the BMW M 1000 RR. The private team ERC Endurance #6 celebrated a podium finish with third place. The factory team, the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team (#37), was also among the top favourites and crossed the line in fourth place after 24 turbulent hours.
2025 Season Launch
With two world championships, two factory teams, six factory riders, a new generation of the BMW M 1000 RR, and a big racing family, BMW Motorrad Motorsport officially kicked off the 2025 season in the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) and the FIM Endurance World Championship (FIM EWC) with a season launch event in Berlin. At BMW Motorrad Welt, located next to the BMW Motorrad plant in Berlin-Spandau, the teams and riders unveiled their new bikes for the upcoming season: the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team with World Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu and Michael van der Mark, as well as the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team with Markus Reiterberger, Sylvain Guintoli, new addition Steven Odendaal, and Hannes Soomer.
Markus Reiterberger, Steven Odendaal, Sylvain Guintoli, Hannes Soomer
Familiar names and a strong new addition as the rider lineup for the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team for the 2025 FIM Endurance World Championship (FIM EWC) is set. South African Steven Odendaal will join the regular riders Markus Reiterberger and Sylvain Guintoli. Estonian Hannes Soomer will also be ready again as the fourth rider for the 2025 season.
The #37 BMW M 1000 RR at Le Mans
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Date: 19th/20th April 2025
Circuit: Bugatti Circuit – Le Mans – France
Length: 4.185 km
Duration of the race: 24 hours
Date: 7th June 2025
Circuit: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – Stavelot – Belgium
Length: 7.004 km
Duration of the race: 8 hours
Date: 3rd August 2025
Circuit: Suzuka Circuit – Suzuka – Japan
Length: 5.821 km
Duration of the race: 8 hours
Date: 20th/21st September 2025
Circuit: Paul Ricard Circuit – Le Castellet – France
Length: 5.673 km
Duration of the race: 24 hours