The final round of the 2025 FIM Endurance World Championship takes place this weekend at Circuit Paul Ricard (France) from September 18–21 for the 88th Bol d’Or.
Still mathematically in contention, F.C.C. TSR Honda France aims for a second victory this year to end the 2025 season on a high, and for this final round, Spaniard Isaac Viñales joined the team’s rider lineup Alan Techer, Corentin Perolari and Taiga Hada, as reserve rider.
On Thursday, after taking part in the free practice, the Honda’s endurance specialist aboard the Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP took part in the first qualifying session, in the afternoon and sunny conditions, placing the Honda #5 in a provisional seventh position with an average time of 01:52.653.
During the night session, F.C.C. TSR Honda France was the second-fastest team on track with a lap of 1:53.156.
The following day, during the second qualifying session scheduled from 11am in similar track conditions, all the riders significantly improving on the lap times set the previous day.
Techer led the charge with a best lap of 1:51.445, placing him second in his group. Perolari posted 1:51.630, securing a top-three spot in the yellow rider group. Hada, riding in the red group, made steady progress with 1:53.871, while Viñales contributed with a best lap of 1:54.213.
Averaging the two best times, F.C.C. TSR Honda France team took fourth place on the grid with a time of 01:51.538 and scored 2 additional points in the championship.
Tati Team AVA6 Racing completed the combined qualifying sessions with an average lap time of 1:52.166, securing sixth place on the grid aboard the Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP.
The Honda #4 returns to the Bol d’Or with this season’s line-up of Hugo Clère, Randy Krummenacher, and Martin Renaudin.
Clère and Krummenacher both improved on their previous lap times, while Renaudin, coming back from a serious injury, is steadily regaining rhythm and pace. Having all three riders back on track together is a major boost for the squad, whose clear objective is to start at the front and remain in contention throughout the race.
Wójcik Racing Team #777 SST qualified on pole in the Dunlop-equipped Superstock category with a lap time of 1:53.663, earning an impressive 10th place on the overall grid.
Following a strong 4th-place finish at the Suzuka 8 Hours, the rider trio of Jordi Torres, Mateusz Molik, and Philipp Steinmayr are confident of delivering a strong performance aboard the Honda #777.
No Limits Honda will start fourth in class with Roberto Tamburini, Gabriele Giannini, and Kaito Toba aboard the Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP #44.
Kaedear-Dafy-Rac41-Honda, one of the FIM Endurance World Cup title contenders, posted the fifth-fastest time. Currently third in the standings and just 18 points behind the championship leader, riders Chris Leesh, Takeshi Ishizuka, and Kevin Manfredi showed consistent front-running pace throughout qualifying and are aiming for a podium finish in the season finale aboard the Honda #41.
National Motos Honda FMA, currently second in the standings and just five points behind the leader, was focused during qualifying on race pace and on defending their FIM Endurance World Cup title.
In the production-based FIM Endurance World Trophy, Tati-run Moto Revue Moto Journal aboard Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP #87 was the fastest team with several timee EWC champion Vincent Philippe, Bertrand Gold and themultiple X-Games and Red Bull X-Fighters Freestyle Motocross winner Tom Pagès.
The 88th Bol d’Or race will start at 3 pm (CEST) on Saturday, September 20, and will finish at 3 pm (CEST) on Sunday, September 21.
F.C.C. TSR Honda France
Since Tuesday, we’ve been working hard on our race pace. That’s where we’ll score the most points and aim for victory. Taiga is a little slower, so we’ll work as a team to help him. Yesterday in qualifying session 1, we did some race simulations and everything went very well. And today, thanks to the qualifying tyres, we took a big step forward. I did 51.4, Corentin 51.6, so we have a very good average. We are happy with our performance and very motivated for the race. We will have good weather. So now we are going to stay focused and aim for the best possible result.
F.C.C. TSR Honda France
Alan and I had a very good qualifying session. Starting 4th is very good. We’re scoring 2 points for the overall standings. And we have a very good pace for the race. So if our third rider can keep up, it could be a very good race.
F.C.C. TSR Honda France
In qualifying yesterday and today, we focused more on race simulations with the race tyres. I feel there’s still some pace to find, so we’ll go through the data and work on taking a step forward to really improve the pace tomorrow.
Posted on September 19, 2025 by Michael Le Pard
