Recapping the FIM SuperEnduro finale from France

2026 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship
Spherical Seven – Douai, France
SuperEnduro Outcomes – Factors – Standings

After six rounds spanning Poland, Germany, Spain, Hungary, Serbia and the UK, the 2025/2026 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship was delivered to a detailed in model in Douai, France for the seventh and ultimate spherical of the season.

With freshly topped world champion Husqvarna Manufacturing facility Racing’s Billy Bolt absent to be together with his anticipating spouse, it opened the door for a brand new winner to emerge. Rising to the event, X-Grip Racing’s Mitch Brightmore secured a debut victory to prime the Status class podium.

Within the Junior class, Britain’s Toby Shaw (GASGAS) was topped world champion, whereas his fellow countryman Fraiser Lampkin (Beta) raced to a debut general win. The Youth Cup class noticed British rider Connor Watson (Sherco) declare most factors to win in France.

Status Race One

Eddie Karlsson struck first in Status Remaining 1, grabbing the holeshot and instantly stretching the sphere, opening up a three-second buffer over Ashton Brightmore and Manuel Lettenbichler. Mitch Brightmore, nonetheless, wasted no time shifting ahead and was in second earlier than the race settled.

With a bit over two minutes remaining, Brightmore had closed proper onto Karlsson’s rear wheel, making use of sustained strain earlier than lastly forcing a go that caught. From there, the Brit pulled clear to take his first-ever Status race win, with Karlsson holding second. Lettenbichler fended off a late cost from Ashton Brightmore to safe third.

Status Race One Outcomes


Pos	Rider	Bike	Fed	Time/Hole
1	M. Brightmore	Fuel	ACU	6:43.866
2	E. Karlsson	Stark	SVEMO	+4.620
3	M. Lettenbichler	KTM	DMSB	+20.568
4	A. Brightmore	Fuel	ACU	+21.031
5	J. Walker	Tri	ACU	+35.406
6	T. Martyn	Stark	ACU	1 lap
7	T. Apolle	Beta	DMSB	1 lap
8	M. Fernandez Serra	Hus	RFME	1 lap
9	A. Gomez Cantero	Beta	RFME	1 lap
10	A. Gotkowski	Suz	PZM	2 Laps

Status Race Two

Jonny Walker nailed the beginning in Status Remaining 2, taking the holeshot and rapidly placing daylight between himself and the pack. As Mitch Brightmore labored into second, Walker managed the opening half of the race and stretched the margin to round six seconds.

Brightmore refused to let it go, steadily hauling Walker again in to arrange a tense end. The lead modified palms as they traded passes within the closing levels, and it got here all the way down to a drag to the flag, the place Walker held on to win by lower than a second. Manuel Lettenbichler introduced it dwelling third forward of Eddie Karlsson.

Status Race Two Outcomes


Pos	Rider	Bike	Fed	Time/Hole
1	J. Walker	Tri	ACU	6m53.725
2	M. Brightmore	Fuel	ACU	+0.728
3	M. Lettenbichler	KTM	DMSB	+5.912
4	E. Karlsson	Stark	SVEMO	+9.772
5	A. Brightmore	Fuel	ACU	+24.096
6	T. Martyn	Stark	ACU	+28.912
7	M. Fernandez Serra	Hus	RFME	+33.063
8	T. Apolle	Beta	DMSB	+40.873
9	A. Gomez Cantero	Beta	RFME	+42.861
10	A. Gotkowski	Suz	PZM	3 laps

Status Race Three

Eddie Karlsson claimed the ultimate holeshot of the season in Status Remaining 3, main a Stark 1-2 early with Toby Martyn in tow. Mitch Brightmore began third however made it rely instantly, slicing previous each Stark riders in a single transfer to take over on the entrance.

Martyn then adopted Brightmore by way of to second as Jonny Walker started to shut quickly on Karlsson and Martyn. Walker pressured his well beyond each with round 4 laps remaining, however by then Brightmore had already damaged clear and managed the race to the flag for a snug win.

Walker secured second, Karlsson held on for third, and Manuel Lettenbichler and Ashton Brightmore rounded out the highest 5.

Status Race Three Outcomes


Pos	Rider	Bike	Fed	Time/Hole
1	M. Brightmore	Fuel	ACU	6m55.624
2	J. Walker	Tri	ACU	+13.499
3	E. Karlsson	Stark	SVEMO	+14.787
4	M. Lettenbichler	KTM	DMSB	+18.298
5	A. Brightmore	Fuel	ACU	+24.096
6	T. Martyn	Stark	ACU	+28.912
7	M. Fernandez Serra	Hus	RFME	+33.063
8	T. Apolle	Beta	DMSB	+40.873
9	A. Gomez Cantero	Beta	RFME	+42.861
10	A. Gotkowski	Suz	PZM	3 laps

Status Total

With two wins throughout the three Status finals, Mitch Brightmore secured his first general SuperEnduro Grand Prix victory. Jonny Walker and Eddie Karlsson ended the evening locked collectively on factors, with Walker awarded second general on the tie-break, leaving Karlsson third.

Jonny Walker – P2

“Tonight in France, we wrapped up the ultimate spherical of the championship with second general on the evening and second general within the championship. The final three rounds have been actually robust for me bodily. I broke my hand on the first one, pushed by way of the subsequent spherical, and tonight I picked up a rib harm within the first race, which made it onerous to even take a deep breath. So to nonetheless come away with second general within the championship is one thing I’m actually pleased with. It’s been an enormous effort from the entire workforce, and I’m grateful for all of the assist alongside the way in which.”

Manuel Lettenbichler backed up a constant set of rides to complete fourth general, whereas Toby Martyn’s tempo all through the evening delivered a stable fifth.

Mitch Brightmore broke by way of for his first spherical win

Manuel Lettenbichler – P4

“The final spherical of the SuperEnduro season is over, and it was a fairly respectable occasion for me. I’m actually happy to take two third locations, after which for the fourth within the final race I used to be battling with everybody, which was actually good. I’m stoked on how the evening went – I had good begins and we’ve undoubtedly made some enhancements because the season has gone on, which is tremendous cool. The entire season has been a bit up and down, however to complete on a excessive like that is actually constructive. So any further, I’m totally targeted on onerous enduro – I can’t wait to get again out into the mountains!”

Status Total – Spherical Seven


Pos	Rider	Bike	Fed	SP	W1	W2	W3	Whole
1	M. Brightmore	Fuel	ACU	1	20	17	20	58
2	J. Walker	Tri	ACU	0	11	20	17	48
3	E. Karlsson	Stark	SVEMO	3	17	13	15	48
4	M. Lettenbichler	KTM	DMSB	0	15	15	13	43
5	T. Martyn	Stark	ACU	0	10	11	10	31
6	M. Fernandez Serra	Hus	RFME	0	8	10	9	27
7	A. Brightmore	Fuel	ACU	2	13	0	11	26
8	T. Apolle	Beta	DMSB	–	9	9	8	26
9	A. Gomez Cantero	Beta	RFME	–	7	8	7	22
10	A. Gotkowski	Suz	PZM	–	6	7	6	19

Status Championship

Husqvarna Manufacturing facility Racing’s Billy Bolt might not have lined up in France, however he’d already wrapped up the 2025–26 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship on the earlier spherical in the UK. Behind him, the combat for the remaining podium positions went all the way down to the wire, with Jonny Walker edging Mitch Brightmore by three factors to safe vice-champion honours.

Eddie Karlsson and Toby Martyn accomplished the ultimate prime 5 in fourth and fifth, respectively, and Stark Future’s outcomes throughout the season had been sufficient to earn the Producer Award for 2025–26.

tark Future’s outcomes throughout the season had been sufficient to earn the Producer Award for 2025–26.

Remaining Status Championship Factors


Pos	Rider	Bike	Fed	Whole
1	B. Bolt	Hus	ACU	370
2	J. Walker	Tri	ACU	328
3	M. Brightmore	Fuel	ACU	325
4	E. Karlsson	Stark	SVEMO	280
5	T. Martyn	Stark	ACU	195
6	M. Lettenbichler	KTM	DMSB	162
7	T. Apolle	Beta	DMSB	149
8	A. Gomez Cantero	Beta	RFME	143
9	D. Olszowy	Rie	PZM	134
10	A. Brightmore	Fuel	ACU	121
11	D. Vieira	Fuel	FMP	100
12	M. Fernandez Serra	Fuel	RFME	100
13	J. Garcia	KTM	RFME	99
14	H. Edmondson	Tri	ACU	76
15	A. Gotkowski	Suz	PZM	46
16	R. Chugg	Fuel	ACU	32
17	C. Abbott	Fuel	AMA	31
18	D. Broniewski	Tri	PZM	10
19	N. Theillac	She	FFM	6

Junior: Shaw seals title
Lampkin takes Douai general

With the Status and Youth Cup crowns already settled on the earlier spherical within the UK, the Junior class was the final remaining title combat heading into Douai. Britain’s Toby Shaw arrived with a 36-point buffer, however nonetheless had work to do to lock it in.

Remaining 1 noticed Niko Piazza lead early earlier than Fraiser Lampkin took over on the entrance and rode away to an eight-second win. Shaw managed the state of affairs effectively to complete second, with Manuel Gómez third.

Shaw then eliminated any doubt within the second ultimate. Needing solely two factors to clinch the championship, he charged ahead from the reverse-grid begin and attacked for the win, passing Burts Crayston to take the chequered flag — and with it the FIM Junior SuperEnduro World Championship. Crayston held on for a season-best second, with Lampkin third.

The third ultimate was messy for Shaw, with a mid-race mechanical dropping him out of rivalry for the Douai general. Up entrance, Lampkin and Piazza fought for the lead earlier than Lampkin took management with three laps remaining to say his second win of the evening. Shaw salvaged ninth, leaving him second general for the spherical behind Lampkin, with Gómez third.

Fraiser Lampkin received in France forward of Shaw and Gomez

Within the ultimate championship standings, Shaw takes the Junior world title forward of Gómez, with Germany’s Milan Schmüser third.

Youth
Watson doubles up as Walczak finishes sequence on prime

Within the Youth class, an opening-lap pile-up in Remaining 1 introduced early drama as Connor Watson and Wojtek Walczak each hit the deck, permitting Eneko Martinez to steer. Watson recovered rapidly, hit the entrance with three minutes to go and pulled away to win by 27 seconds from Martinez, with Walczak finishing the rostrum after his personal comeback.

The second ultimate started with Martinez grabbing the holeshot, however a crash on the subsequent lap opened the door for Watson and Walczak. Watson once more managed the race for a second win, wrapping up the Douai general, with Walczak second and Luca Kropitsch third general. Martinez and Preston Flynn rounded out the highest 5.

Walczak had already secured the FIM Youth SuperEnduro World Cup on the UK spherical and ended the season as champion, forward of Watson and Kropitsch.

Europe Cup
Broniewski wins the evening, Miquel takes the sequence

The FIM Europe European Cup additionally concluded in Douai, the place Poland’s Damian Broniewski took the general win with a Remaining 1 victory and second in Remaining 2. France’s Fabien Poirot received Remaining 2 to complete second general, with Hungary’s Márk Szoke third.