Bridgestone will supply Battlax motorcycle tires to seven teams in the 2026 FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC), up from five teams in 2025, as it continues its partnership with the series that began in 2017.
The announcement follows a successful 2025 season in which the Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team secured the championship at the Bol d’Or. Bridgestone-equipped teams also filled five of the top six positions in the overall standings, with the company extending its title-winning streak in the series with the fifth consecutive year that a Bridgestone-equipped team has won the championship.
“The FIM Endurance World Championship represents the ultimate proving ground for tire performance, durability and innovation. The 2025 season once again demonstrated the consistency and capability of Bridgestone tyres under the toughest racing conditions,” said Nico Thuy, director motorcycle at Bridgestone EMEA. “Following this success, we are proud to offer our expertise and top-performing tires to seven teams for 2026.”
Bridgestone Battlax racing tires are engineered with advanced materials and construction technologies that deliver maximum grip, consistent performance and exceptional durability throughout race distances. Designed to perform across varying weather and track conditions, they provide riders with “the confidence to push to the limit”, the tire maker said.
For 2026, Bridgestone will support AutoRace Ube Racing Team, BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team, F.C.C. TSR Honda France, Kawasaki Webike Trickstar, KM99 Yamaha, Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team and Yoshimura SERT Motul.
Bridgestone uses racing as a mobile laboratory to refine its tire technology under extreme conditions, with these innovations then transferred to future tires available to all riders. The FIM EWC includes races that last between eight and 24 hours, which places immense and sustained stress on tires, creating ideal conditions to test and develop advanced compounds, construction technologies and durability solutions.
Technologies developed in EWC competition have contributed to products such as the Racing Battlax V03 slick and the Racing Battlax Street RS12 road-legal performance tire, which the company says brings race-derived performance to broader motorcycle applications.
The 2026 EWC season will begin at Le Mans, France, on April 18 and conclude with the Bol d’Or at Circuit Paul Ricard in September.
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