Several riders will be racing in the FIM Endurance World Championship for the first time this season and FIMEWC.com will be profiling a selection of them over the next few weeks, starting with Uniserv Moto82 team’s new-for-2025 signing, Hristijan Buzalkovski.
Name: Hristijan Buzalkovski
Born: 25/06/1996
Country: North Macedonia
Team: Uniserv Moto82
Motorcycle: Kawasaki ZX-10R
Category: Superstock
Who? Hristijan Buzalkovski is the first rider from North Macedonia to race in the EWC. He’ll make his debut in next month’s 24 Heures Motos with Dunlop-equipped Superstock squad Uniserv Moto82.
What’s he done before? A five-time national champion, Buzalkovski finished third in the FIM European Superstock 1000 Cup in 2023 and fourth last season. He also placed fourth in the Alpe Adria Stock 1000 standings in 2024 having been classified sixth in 2023. His impressive career CV includes three Balkan Motorcycle Union titles.
Why EWC? “My biggest dream was to come to endurance and now the first step is always the hardest step so you need to pass that. I feel I’m prepared for this kind of championship. We have the speed and my good point is I can learn fast and adapt fast because I ride only for two years in the 1000cc category and we have had success. In my country we don’t have a race track, the closest circuit is in Greece 300 kilometres from my home and you have to pass through borders to get there. It’s also not easy because you don’t have stores selling all the spare parts you need like you have in the European Union. For example, if I break an exhaust, I need to go on the internet and order parts from other countries and bring them to my country and pay taxes. When you come from this situation the motivation is very big. I am the first rider from Macedonia to participate in the FIM Endurance World Championship. It’s very, very good and I’m very excited. I’m also very happy because it will be an historical moment for motorsport in my country. Although I’m excited it’s normal to be a bit scared.”
How did he get here? “My father and brother were riders. I was the little kid who was always saying, ‘give me a bike, give me a bike’. That’s how it all started. When I was six, they put me on an electric bike, then they put me on a scooter, then some enduro and then I get an Aprilia. My brother asked me if I wanted to go racing. There was one race on a karting track in our country and in the first season we win the cup and we go on the international scene in Eastern European, first in 125cc, then in 600. Then in 2020 everything stopped because of coronavirus. In 2022 I was BMU champion, I win every race apart from the last one because I crashed. After, in 2023 with our sponsors, we buy a 1000cc BMW and go directly to FIM European Superstock. It took a lot of time to get there because I don’t have the money and I need to work with my brother, one, two sometimes three jobs to have the money to buy used parts, never new parts. We struggle a lot at that time. Now I think we are on a good way, but I don’t know what the future brings.”
What’s the target? “For Le Mans my target is to qualify and finish the race if everything is good, the bike is good and the team works very well. I prepare and train two or three times per day. I hope and my target is to ride all season, but we will talk with our sponsors and our ministry of sport to give us some support and to be there for all season. I had nothing when I started but now I am maybe at some level where I will race and keep going in the future. Le Mans is a very big step for me. We don’t have solutions to calculate, we go to qualify and finish the race.”
The 24 Heures Motos opens the 2025 EWC season from 17-20 April. Tickets remain on sale with more information available HERE.