Electric Motorcycle Wins Manufacturer Title In FIM SuperEnduro World Championship

Liévin, France, 7 March 2026 — History was written inside the tight, flood-lit confines of the Stade Couvert Régional on Friday night as Stark Future became the first electric-motorcycle manufacturer ever to clinch the FIM SuperEnduro World Championship Manufacturers’ Title, breaking a decades-long stranglehold held by petrol-powered factory squads.

The championship, famed for its brutal indoor circuits littered with rock gardens, log piles and vertical jumps, had never before been won by anything other than a combustion-engined machine. That changed when the Stark VARG EX, fielded by the Spanish-based technology firm, accumulated enough points across the seven-round series to seal the crown on French soil.

Eddie Karlsson, the team’s lead rider, delivered the bedrock of the success. The Swede rode to three podium finishes, claimed a SuperPole in the final round and ended the year fourth overall, amassing the steady stream of points required to keep Stark ahead of the traditional factories. British teammate Toby Martyn, contesting his maiden SuperEnduro campaign, adapted rapidly to both the discipline and the high-torque electric platform, rounding out the top five in the final standings and ensuring a steady flow of supplementary points.

“First of all, I’m really happy for the team and everyone involved,” Karlsson said minutes after the title was confirmed. “To secure the manufacturer’s title in SuperEnduro is really special. We improved throughout the season, with three podiums and some really close battles. Taking a SuperPole in the final round was also a great moment.”

Martyn echoed the sentiment: “It’s also really cool to clinch the Manufacturers’ Championship for Stark, a great achievement for the whole team after all the hard work.”

The path to glory has been anything but straightforward for Stark. Racing director Sebastien Tortelli, the 1999 250 cc motocross world champion, recalled that only two-and-a-half years earlier the same event refused the team permission to start. “We were turned away from racing the series,” Tortelli said. “Since then we have worked tirelessly along with the FIM and Promoter to make this happen, always applying our company philosophy and pushing the boundaries of what is possible. To now achieve our first FIM World Championship at the same event two years later is an incredible and deeply rewarding achievement.”

CEO and founder Anton Wass framed the triumph as validation of a founding promise. “From the beginning, our goal was simple: build the best off-road motorcycles in the world and prove their performance at the highest level of racing,” he stated. “Winning the FIM SuperEnduro Manufacturers’ World Championship shows what is possible when innovation, engineering, and racing ambition come together.”

Chief Technology Officer Paul Soucy underscored the technical ramifications. “This championship demonstrates the incredible potential of the VARG platform. From power delivery and traction to reliability and control, the technology has proven itself under the most demanding racing conditions.”

The result not only rewrites the record books for SuperEnduro but also adds another layer to Stark’s growing legacy; the company already holds a Guinness World Record for the highest altitude reached on an electric motorcycle. Where sceptics once dismissed electric power as ill-suited to elite off-road competition, Stark’s 2026 manufacturers’ crown signals a definitive shift in the sport’s landscape.

With the champagne still drying on the Liévin floor, thoughts already turn to 2027. Karlsson, Martyn and the entire Stark outfit leave France with silverware, momentum and a point to prove: that the electric revolution in motorcycle racing has only just begun.