Closed control preserves the same motorcycle
EnduroGP uses a parc fermé, or closed-control, system. Apart from time on the course and the defined start procedure, motorcycles remain under the organiser’s supervision. The bike goes into parc fermé after Friday’s Super Test and again after Saturday’s racing, limiting overnight intervention between competitive days.
Entry is engine-off and hands-on
After the time check immediately before parc fermé, the rider must stop the engine and push the motorcycle in without delay. Refuelling and repairs are forbidden between that control and the closed area. The rule turns the finish of the day into a controlled handover rather than an open workshop window.
Even touching the bike is tightly limited
Inside parc fermé, a rider cannot touch another competitor’s motorcycle and may touch their own only to push it in or out. The listed exceptions are narrow: fitting the rider’s schedule, wiping plastic parts with a paper towel, installing the transponder and placing the environmental mat. Starting the engine is forbidden.
Security is part of the sporting rule
The FIM requires a double-barrier enclosure designed to keep unauthorised people out, overnight lighting and a permanent guard. The motorcycle must remain uncovered and, except for winter enduro, outdoors. This makes closed control both a technical safeguard and a visible custody chain.
Five minutes is for moving, not servicing
A rider may enter parc fermé five minutes before the assigned start only to move the motorcycle by hand into the waiting area. Working on the bike there is not permitted before the start signal. The system therefore protects equal preparation time and confirms that the machine presented at the next start is the one placed under control.
Facts are frozen to the verification date shown above. Any later correction will be added visibly.
Primary source checked internally: FIM 2026 Enduro World Championship Regulations, articles 62.32–62.35.
