The FIM Endurance World Championship’s factory Suzuki team have recruited two new riders of repute. Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli and Japanese rider Kazuki Watanabe join Suzuki Yoshimura SERT Motul’s 2021 line-up alongside Gregg Black and Xavier Simeon.

Arturo Tizón, 36, passed away on Saturday 16 January in the course of a mountain bike outing. The competitive yet unassuming Spanish rider had made his mark in the Endurance World Championship with, among others, Folch Endurance, National Motos and F.C.C. TSR Honda France.

The factory Ducati team are already set for 2021. Their three riders Louis Rossi, Mathieu Gines and Sylvain Barrier will be at Spain’s Jerez circuit in a few days’ time for testing under the watchful eye of new team manager Frank Hoffmann.

Five races feature on the 2021 FIM Endurance World Championship schedule. The season starts at Le Mans in France with the 24 Heures Motos in mid-April.

Bolliger Team Switzerland have unveiled their new line-up and programme for 2021. The goal of this independent team – FIM EWC contenders since 1980 – is to once again do battle with the top factory teams.

High-tech FIM and FIA homologated light panels will become mandatory on Formula1 and MotoGP circuits as of 2022, and on World SBK and FIM EWC circuits starting in 2023.