Steven Odendaal

Steven Odendaal (born 2 March 1993) is a South African motorcycle racer. He currently competes in the FIM Endurance World Championship with the BMW Motorrad EWC factory team.

Career Odendaal made a number of Moto2 World Championship appearances including a full season in with Team AGR Speed Up.

Odendaal won the South African national Super600 Championship in 2014 and 2015. In the European FIM CEV Repsol Championship, he finished fifth in 2014 and fourth in 2015 before claiming the title in 2016 (with six victories and nine podium finishes in 11 races) in Portimão, Portugal, two rounds ahead of the season's final.

In 2017, Odendaal joined the Project NTS with a brand new chassis to challenge for the European title again. He finished in third position overall in the FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship, claiming his third South African 600cc national title as well, despite missing four races due to his international commitments. In 2018–2019, Odendaal competed in the FIM Moto2 World Championship aboard the NTS chassis (full time debut season for the manufacturer) before making a switch to the Supersport World Championship in 2020, where he finished fifth overall in his debut season.

For 2021, Odendaal joined the Evan Bros. Yamaha team in World Supersport, winning the first three opening races of the season.

In 2022, Odendaal won the Bol d'Or 24 hour endurance race together with teammates and Florian Alt on a Yamaha R1. He finished third overall in the Endurance World Championship.

In 2025, Odendaal joined the BMW Motorrad factory EWC team alongside Sylvain Guintoli and Markus Reiterberger. The team was close to winning the world championship title when their engine broke down with 30 minutes to go of the final 24 hour race at Bol D'Or. In the same year, Odendaal won the title in the Spanish Superbike Championship (ESBK) with his Czech team New2Project (BMW).

Career statistics FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship By season

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Pts 2015 Kalex ALG1 ALG2 CAT ARA1 ARA2 ALB NAV1 NAV2 JER VAL1 VAL2 4th 119 2016 Kalex VAL1 VAL2 ARA1 ARA2 CAT1 CAT2 ALB ALG1 ALG2 JER VAL 1st 206 2017 NTS ALB CAT1 CAT2 VAL1 VAL2 EST1 EST2 JER ARA1 ARA2 VAL 3rd 157

Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supersport World Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

FIM Endurance World Championship By team Year Team Bike Rider 2022 Viltais Racing Igol Yamaha YZF-R1 Erwan Nigon Florian Alt Steven Odendaal 3rd Year Team Bike Tyre Rider 2025 BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team BMW S1000RR Markus Reiterberger Steven Odendaal Sylvain Guintoli 70* 2nd* Source:

Suzuka 8 Hours results