BMW dominates Bol d’Or qualifying as #37 claims pole

BMW #37 secured pole position for the 2026 Bol d’Or, EWC‘s fourth and final round, leading a BMW 1-2 ahead of the #76 machine, while three-time race winner Suzuki #12 settled for third.

BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team (#37) struck a major blow in the title fight by taking pole position for the 2026 Bol d’Or.

Chasing down points leader #1 YART Yamaha in the FIM EWC standings, the four-rider crew of Markus Reiterberger, Steven Odendaal, Michael van der Mark, and Jérémy Guarnoni set the pace at Circuit Paul Ricard. Van der Mark sparked the charge early on, breaking the all-time track record with a blistering 1:50.704 in Thursday’s Free Practice during his very first appearance at the venue.

Securing pole allowed the #37 BMW squad to pocket five vital bonus points before the 24-hour race even starts, while the #1 YART Yamaha bike will have to fight forward from seventh on the grid.

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The #76 AutoRace Ube Racing Team BMW secured second to lock out a BMW 1-2 and collect four points. Three-time defending race winner Suzuki #12 bagged third and three points, ahead of BMW #6 in fourth (two points) and the #5 F.C.C TSR Honda France, which snapped up the final qualifying point in fifth.

Team Etoile gets Bol d’Or pole in Superstock class, High side ahead in Production

In the Superstock class, the #25 BMW of Team Etoile stormed to pole position, pocketing a maximum five bonus points ahead of the race.

Riding with Hikari Okubo, Motoharu Ito, Kaito Toba, and Rei Toshima, the squad held fourth in the championship standings, 22 points off the lead held by the #38 BMW, and has now fired the first salvo to shrink that gap.

High Side April Moto Louit took pole position in the Production class with #33 Kawasaki Adrian Parassol, Badreddine Benlekehal, Alex Sarrabayrouse, and Dylan Buisson.

Bol d’Or 2026 complete starting grid

1. #37 – BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team (EWC / BMW)
2. #76 – AutoRace Ube Racing Team (EWC / BMW)
3. #12 – Yoshimura SERT Motul (EWC / Suzuki)
4. #6 – ERC Endurance #6 (EWC / BMW)
5. #5 – F.C.C. TSR Honda France (EWC / Honda)
6. #4 – Tati Team AVA6 Racing (EWC / Honda)
7. #1 – YART Yamaha Official EWC Team (EWC / Yamaha)
8. #11 – Kawasaki Webike Trickstar (EWC / Kawasaki)
9. #99 – Elf Marc VDS Racing Team / KM99 (EWC / Yamaha)
10. #25 – Team Étoile (SST / BMW)
11. #77 – Wójcik Racing Team #77 (SST / Honda)
12. #24 – MAXXESS By BMRT3D (EWC / Kawasaki)
13. #38 – Champion-Hert Powered by MRP (SST / BMW)
14. #49 – Revo-M2 (SST / Aprilia)
15. #9 – Team Tecmas – Minerva Oil (SST / BMW)
16. #90 – LRP Poland (EWC / BMW)
17. #8 – Team Bolliger Switzerland #8 (EWC / Kawasaki)
18. #18 – Team 18 Pompiers Igol CMS Motostore (SST / Yamaha)
19. #27 – TRT27 AZ Moto (SST / Honda)
20. #41 – Dafy-Kaedear-RAC41-Honda (SST / Honda)
21. #14 – Maco Racing Team (EWC / Yamaha)
22. #55 – National Motos Honda FMA (SST / Honda)
23. #65 – Motobox Kremer Racing by 321 (EWC / Yamaha)
24. #36 – 3ART Best Of Bike Hamaguchi (SST / Yamaha)
25. #45 – Team Metiss (EXP / Metiss)
26. #44 – Honda No Limits (SST / Honda)
27. #113 – Team 113 VIP Moto-Sporting Moto-Dynoperf (SST / Honda)
28. #53 – Mana-au Competition (EWC / Honda)
29. #119 – Slider Endurance (SST / Honda)
30. #183 – Team SLA / Honda Toulon (SST / Honda)
31. #34 – JMA Racing Action Bike 34 (SST / Suzuki)
32. #72 – Junior Team Le Mans Sud Suzuki (SST / Suzuki)
33. #85 – Team Racing 85 by A2M2 (SST / Kawasaki)
34. #33 – High Side April Moto Louit (PRO / Kawasaki)
35. #98 – Team PMS99 Yam Service (EWC / Yamaha)
36. #26 – Audemar Motoclub Gemenos (PRO / Yamaha)
37. #15 – Aprilia Le Mans 2 Roues (SST / Aprilia)
38. #112 – LCR Endurance (SST / Honda)
39. #135 – CAM Racing Team (SST / Honda)
40. #96 – Legacy Competition (PRO / Yamaha)
41. #16 – Team HTC Racing (PRO / Yamaha)
42. #210 – Team Grip Attack (PRO / Honda)
43. #199 – ARTEC #199 (PRO / Kawasaki)
44. #10 – Infiniteam Flam Racing (SST / Yamaha)
45. #42 – Greenteam 42 Lycée Sainte Claire (PRO / Kawasaki)
46. #531 – Mana-au Competition (PRO / Honda)
47. #141 – DSE-RAC41-Honda (PRO / Honda)
48. #43 – Team FMR 34 (EXP / Yamaha)
49. #31 – IC Racing Team (SST / Kawasaki)
50. #222 – Team Supermoto Racing (PRO / Yamaha)
51. #63 – PMS Racing Team (SST / Yamaha)
52. #62 – Grillini Racing Team (EWC / Kawasaki)
53. #156 – Moto Sport 56 by JMA Racing (PRO / Suzuki)
54. #137 – Focus Endurance (PRO / Kawasaki)
55. #22 – Team 202 (SST / Yamaha)
56. #13 – Flying Buffs M3 Racing (PRO / BMW)