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Endurance World Championship
Calendar 2008 Announced
Meetings were held by the FIM with the organisers of all the
events mentioned in the calendar below on December 4, and with
24 teams interested in taking part in the 2008 season on December
7 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Geneva, in order to draw a balance
of the 2007 season and to prepare together the 2008 season. The
FIM will maintain the same system of permanent teams. The maximum
number of permanent teams admitted for 2008 will be 20, and the
list will be published early January. The permanent teams commit
themselves to take part in all the rounds of the World Championship.
The new title sponsor of the FIM Endurance World Championship
is QTEL, the Telephone Company of Qatar.
The full Endurance World Championship Regulations with all modifications
will be available on the FIM website.
The event in Oschersleben will be of 8 Hours on Saturday 9 August.
The Bol d'Or will take place a week earlier, on September 13/14.
The round scheduled in Estoril will not take place. The calendar
is the following:
Dates - Country - Event
April 19/20 - France - Le Mans (24 H.)
May10 - Spain - Albacete (6 H.)
July 27 - Japan - Suzuka (8 H.)
August 9 - Germany - Oschersleben (8 H.)
September 13/14 - France - Bol d'Or (24 H.)
November 8 - Qatar - Doha/Losail (8 H.)
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