2023 FIM Long Track World Championship

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2023 Individual Long Track World Championship
Start date	18 May
End date	17 September
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 FIM Long Track World Championship was the 53rd edition of the FIM Individual Long Track World Championship.^[1]^[2]

Mathieu Trésarrieu was the defending champion having won the title in 2022, but did not compete.^[3]

Germany's Martin Smolinski won the championship by seven points from Chris Harris, despite not winning a Grand Prix. It was the second time he won the title, having also triumphed in 2018. Kenneth Kruse Hansen completed the podium on countback, ahead of Zach Wajtknecht.

Venues

Final	Date	Venue	Winner
1	18 May	Herxheim	Josef Franc^[4]
2	17 June	Ostrów Wielkopolski	Chris Harris^[5]
3	13 July	Marmande	Chris Harris^[6]
4	20 August	Scheessel	Kenneth Kruse Hansen^[7]
5	2 September	Morizes	Romano Hummel^[8]
6	17 September	Mühldorf	Kenneth Kruse Hansen^[9]

Final Classification

Pos	Rider	Final 1	Final 2	Final 3	Final 4	Final 5	Final 6	Total
1	Martin Smolinski	13	19	19	17	19	19	106
2	Chris Harris	10	21	21	19	17	11	99
3	Kenneth Kruse Hansen	2	17	3	21	13	21	77
4	Zach Wajtknecht	19	13	17	4	9	15	77
5	Romano Hummel	11	5	9	10	21	17	73
6	Josef Franc	21	11	7	2	10	13	64
7	Jakub Bukhave	9	7	11	11	11	5	54
8	Lukas Fienhage	17	8	13	9	x	x	47
	Hynek Štichauer	1	15	10	3	8	10	47
10	Dave Meijerink	x	3	15	5	15	7	45
11	Mika Meijer	3	9	8	7	3	2	32
12	Stephan Katt	8	2	1	13	2	3	29
	Theo Pijper	7	4	5	8	1	4	29
14	Gaétan Stella	15	1	x	x	7	1	24
15	Tero Aarnio	x	x	4	0	4	9	17
16	Erik Riss	x	x	x	15	x	x	15
17	Stanisław Burza	x	10	x	x	x	x	10
18	Jörg Tebbe	0	x	x	1	x	8	9
19	Daniel Spiller	5	x	x	x	x	x	5
	Jordan Dubernard	x	x	0	x	5	x	5
21	Max Dilger	4	x	x	x	x	x	4
22	Mathias Trésarrieu	x	x	2	x	x	x	2
23	Fabian Wachs	x	x	x	0	x	x	0

References

^ "Long Track World Championship comes to life this Thursday". FIM. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "Zach on the attack". FIM. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "Mathieu Trésarrieu: No World Cup - Lots of Work at the Job". Speedweek. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
^ "FRANC STRIKES FIRST AS WAJTKNECHT IS SECOND IN 2023 FIM LONG TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OPENER – RACE REPORT & RESULTS". Dirt Hub. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "Gold for Harris in Ostrow". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ "Harris takes second World Long Track win". FIM Moto. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
^ "Scheessel result" (PDF). FIM Moto. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
^ "Victory for Hummel sets up thrilling decider". FIM Moto. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
^ "FIM Long Track World Championship-Final 6-Mühldorf". Baansport fansite. Retrieved 17 September 2023.

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