Stars of World Enduro Honoured at 2023 FIM Awards Gala

The 2023 World Champions of Enduro came together for a big night out in Liverpool – a rare sight to see all disciplines of our sport in one place on stage for the occasion of the FIM Awards Gala.

Off-road sport rarely looks glamorous, and it’s fair to say most of us don’t see each other in our best togs too often except when it comes to awards ceremonies. The annual FIM Awards Gala, this year held in Liverpool, England, is the glitziest of them all with the world champions from all motorcycle racing disciplines collecting their medals.

Not before a quick sight-seeing tour of the host city of Liverpool, famous for the Beatles of course but for one day at least famous for bringing the elite of two-wheeled sport together.

FIM Chief Executive Officer Françoise Emery and FIM Enduro Commission Director John Collins awarded the medals to the Enduro category that included Billy Bolt - FIM SuperEnduro World Champion; Kevin Cristino - FIM Youth Enduro World Champion; Jed Etchells - Junior Enduro World Champion; Jane Daniels - FIM Women's Enduro World Champion; Brad Freeman - FIM E3 Enduro World Champion; Steve Holcombe - FIM E2 Enduro World Champion; Josep Garcia - FIM E1 Enduro World Champion; Manuel Lettenbichler - FIM Hard Enduro World Champion and Mitch Brightmore - FIM Junior Hard Enduro World Champion.

The final category of the night was for Ultimate Champions in each sport with FIM President Jorge Viegas on stage to make the presentations to an illustrious few who have topped their sport overall.

Those riders were FIM World Rally-Raid Champion (RallyGP) – Luciano Benavides; FIM TrialGP World Champion – Toni Bou; FIM EnduroGP World Champion – Steve Holcombe; FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Champion (SGP) – Bartosz Zmarzlik; FIM MXGP World Champion – Jorge Prado; FIM Superbike World Champion – Alvaro Bautista and FIM MotoGP™ Grand Prix World Champion – Francesco Bagnaia.

Photo Credit: FIM – Good Shoot