Since 2022 the season has consisted of four races, opening with the 24 Heures Motos at the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit and closing at Circuit Paul Ricard for the Bol d'Or. The calendar visits France twice alongside rounds in Belgium and Japan. Points earned at each round accumulate across the season to settle the three titles simultaneously, meaning a single race result contributes to all three championships at once.
Finishing position determines the base points awarded to riders and teams. For manufacturers, only the highest-placed motorcycle of that marque at each event scores; if a manufacturer fields multiple entries, only the best result counts toward the manufacturers' championship, preventing a numerical advantage from inflating a factory's total.
For races with a duration of twelve hours or more, a mid-race bonus points mechanism operates: the top five teams on the starting grid receive bonus points before racing begins, rewarding qualifying performance. Additionally, for races running twelve to twenty-four hours, the top ten teams after eight hours and again after sixteen hours receive bonus points, acknowledging sustained pace and reliability rather than only the final outcome. Manufacturers are explicitly excluded from the bonus points provisions — neither the grid bonus nor the mid-race time-check bonuses apply to the manufacturers' championship.
The championship organizes entries into distinct technical classes, each carrying its own classification within the overall standings. Formula EWC is the top category, using bikes based on road-going models with a valid FIM homologation, allowing significant mechanical modifications to forks, dampers, swingarms, brakes, radiators, exhausts, and engine tuning. Superstock places stricter limits on modifications; the engine must remain essentially as supplied by the manufacturer, with only minor adjustments to injectors, fuel mapping, clutch reinforcement, and exhaust silencers permitted, and wheels must match the homologated specification. The Production World Trophy is the entry-level category, running machinery closest to showroom specification with Dunlop as exclusive tyre supplier and a mandatory minimum pit-stop time for safety reasons. The Experimental class admits motorcycles with fundamentally different engines, main frames, or suspension designs from the originals — including electric machines — but competitors in this class appear in the general event classification only and do not score points toward the World Endurance Championship; they are admitted at the discretion of the Race Selection Committee based on technical and innovative merit.
In both Formula EWC and Superstock the fuel tank is modified to a maximum capacity of 24 litres and fitted with a quick-refuelling device, making pit-stop efficiency a key competitive variable over long race distances. The Production World Trophy uses a smaller 16-litre tank replaced entirely during stops rather than refuelled, with a rapid safety connector system.
The FIM Endurance Cup was founded in 1960, became a European Championship in 1976, and was elevated to World Championship status in 1980. During the 1980s the calendar numbered up to ten events. The points system has been periodically revised as the calendar contracted toward the four-event structure now considered standard, and bonus points for intermediate race classifications were introduced to give the scoring structure a dimension of reliability assessment distinct from pure speed.