2008 Sidecarcross World Championship

Sidecarcross World Championship 2008 12 20 April 28 September NED Daniël Willemsen Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Netherlands 2007 2009 The 2008 FIM Sidecarcross world championship, the 29th edition of the competition, started on 20 April and finished after twelve race weekends on 14 September 2008. Daniël Willemsen and Reto Grütter were the defending champions, having won the title in 2007, and repeated this achievement in 2008. Overview The 2008 season was the 29th edition of the sidecarcross world championship. The twelve races of the season were held in ten countries, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, France (2x), Germany (2x), Croatia, Belgium, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and Denmark. After 17 seasons in the Sidecarcross World Championship, five-time World Champion Kristers Sergis announced his retirement from the competition, finishing his career with a second place in the 2008 edition.http://www.netherlandsembassy.lv/data/file/Ch_XIII_-_Sports.doc Side Car Moto-Cross netherlandsembassy.lv 2008 2008-04-05 2025-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20250426115554/http://www.netherlandsembassy.lv/data/file/Ch_XIII_-_Sports.doc dead Format Every Grand Prix weekend is split into two races, both held on the same day. This means, the 2008 season with its twelve Grand Prix has 24 races. Each race lasts for 30 minutes plus two rounds. The two races on a weekend actually get combined to determine an overall winner. While this overall winners receives no extra WC points, they usually are awarded a special trophy. The first twenty teams of each race score competition points. The point system for the 2008 season is as follows:Ergebnisse: World Sidecarcross Championships 2007 PlacePoints1 252 223 204 185 166 157 148 139 1210 11PlacePoints11 1012 913 814 715 616 517 418 319 220 1 Calendar The calendar for the 2008 season:FIM Sidecarcross World Championship – 2008 Calendar https://web.archive.org/web/20120609133636/http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/sidecarcross/events/year/2008/ June 9, 2012 FIM website, accessed: 5 August 2011 DatePlaceRace winnersGP winner20 April NED OssLatvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis BEL Jan Hendrickx / Tim Smeuninx BEL Jan Hendrickx / Tim Smeuninx 11 May CZE JinínNED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter 18 May UKR ChernivtsiLatvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars StupelisLatvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars StupelisNED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter 1 June ITA CingoliNED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter 8 June FRA Bourg-BrucheNED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter 13 July BEL GenkNED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter 20 July GER StrassbessenbachNED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter Latvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars StupelisLatvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis3 August DEN SlagelseNED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter 10 August Latvia KegumsNED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter Latvia Maris Rupeiks / Haralds KurpnieksLatvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis17 AugustEST KiviõliNED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter 7 September FRA Dardon GuegnonNED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter 14 September GER RudersbergNED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter 28 September BEL Genk NED Netherlands The Sidecarcross des Nations in Genk on 28 September 2008 is a non-championship event but part of the calendar and is denoted by a light blue background in the table above. Only Kegums and Rudersberg have been part of the 2007 race season, all other ten courses are new compare to last season. Classification Riders The top ten of the 2008 season were:FIM SIDECAR MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Classification 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20120609134223/http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/sidecarcross/classifications/year/2008/ 2012-06-09 FIM website, accessed: 13 August 2011 PositionDriver / PassengerEquipmentBike NoPoints1 NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter Zabel-VMC15312 Latvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars StupelisKTM-AYR34343 BEL Jan Hendrickx / Tim SmeuninxZabel-VMC24214 BEL Joris Hendrickx / Latvia Kaspars LiepinsKTM-AYR83945 GER Marko Happich / Switzerland Meinrad Schelbert Zabel-MEFO73176 Latvia Maris Rupeiks / Haralds Kurpnieks KTM-AYR62977 CZE Vaclav Rozehnal / Marek RozehnalZabel-VMC52738 Latvia Janis Daiders / Lauris DaidersKTM-AYR102699 BEL Nicky Pulinx / CZE Ondrej Cermak Zabel-VMC1424410 NED Etienne Bax / Marc van DeutekomZabel-VMC21240 Equipment listed is motor and frame. Manufacturers Parallel to the riders championship, a manufacturers competition is also held. The final standings in the manufacturers competition were: PositionManufacturerPoints1 VMC 5842 AYR 5043 KTM 394 4 Husaberg 0 BSU 0 Race by race statistics The numbers for every team are allocated according to their 2007 season finish, meaning the world champion received number one and so on. The numbers for drivers not participating this season were not re-allocated. New entries received a random number above the number 48 which is the last place achieved by a driver in the points in 2007. This system makes it possible to see a driver's improvement or decline from last year by comparing number with position. The following teams have taken part in races this season: Driver / PassengerEquipmentNo.Points1234567891011121314151617181920212223241 NED Daniël Willemsen / Switzerland Reto Grütter *Zabel-VMC15315 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1x 1 1 1D1 1 1 1 1 1 12 Latvia Kristers Serģis / Kaspars StupelisKTM-AYR3434 1x 2x 1 2 2 3 25x 2 3 1 2 27 1 2D2 2 2 2 23 BEL Jan Hendrickx / Tim Smeuninx Zabel-VMC2421 2 174861365 2 2 385445 2 3 37 3454 BEL Joris Hendrickx / Latvia Kaspars LiepiņšKTM-AYR8394 37 35 275484 3412 2686551054545 GER Marko Happich / Switzerland Meinrad Schelbert Zabel-MEFO7317x46674 3 24 3x1161118x8 389958 36 Latvia Māris Rupeiks / Haralds Kurpnieks KTM-AYR629712x481257x1274756x7 2411 2 3x797 CZE Vaclav Rozehnal / Marek RozehnalZabel-VMC5273148x 24 34117678 2x1312107156810xx8 Latvia Jānis Daiders / Lauris Daiders KTM-AYR10269191211x6116xx96x41096 3136467 369 BEL Nicky Pulinx / CZE Ondrej Cermak *Zabel-VMC1424416x9165997914x61191419412454612x10 NED Etienne Bax / Marc van DeutekomZabel-VMC212404x810x128861081510 3813997x1413131611 NED Marcel Willemsen / GER Marco Godau Zabel-VSP172081011579812xx18910158551510x1413x151312 NED Carlo van Duijnhoven / Christian VerhagenZabel-VMC121728615111713141215xx18x15x10116107x11161213 NED Thijs Derks / Gertie Eggink *Husaberg-VMC2715813 21418x1517x108109x1810201781613171218x14 NED Eric Schrijver / Henry van de WielMTH-VMC1011396519x1414191411121216914131918x11x14x15 GER Martin Walter / Andre Saam *Zabel-WSP15127x201091110105xx11x1414x1618xx11x1316 BEL Peter Steegmans / Dagwin SabbeZabel-WSP401152017x95574xx12x9817 UK Stuart Brown / Luke Peters *Zabel-VMC2410818911x 313131720xx86718 GER Thomas Morch / Marius StraussZabel-WSP2310212131018181017191619x15x141916171816x101919 BEL Kristof Santermans / NED Ben van den BogaartZabel-WSP3393x16xx1519x17151217xx111611x12109xx20 SWE Henrik Söderqvist / Tobias SylwanHusaberg-AYR1189x 3 3 31591021 CZE Lukas Cerny / Tomas HumlJAWA-VMC31741312161718xx13x20111714x1914191722 NED Jarno van den Boomen / Bjorn Roes *Zabel-VMC166811x171513xx147914xxx23 EST Margo Sonn / Maarek MillKTM-AYR10365161415162020191514xxx1618x181315x24 UK John Lyne / Pete GirlingZabel-VMC26551715x1316xx2012xxxxxx19111125 FRA Baptiste Bigand / Julien BigandZabel-VMC3545xx161513xxxx19xxx12x1215xx26 Switzerland Andy Bürgler / SWE Daniel FagerbergKTM-VMC43191013x27 BEL Andreas Clohse / NED Robbie BaxJAWA-VMC2827x1614xxx2014xx1817xx28 GER Josef Brustmann / Stefan UrichKTM-NPM2925167x1529 SWE Patrick Fagerberg / Daniel FagerbergKTM-AYR122241817xx2015x15x1730 NED Jan Visscher / Jeroen VisscherZabel-VMC38217x20162031 Switzerland Josua Luscher / Markus GloorHusaberg-VMC8721x172011191732 AUT Bertram Martin / Switzerland Bruno KaelinZabel-VMC6821xxx16x12x1433 UK Scott Wilkinson / Gary BurtZabel-VMC1918x14xx17xxx171834 EST Gert Godejev / Keit KivasteKTM-AYR15116201918xx17201635 UK Daniel Millard / Joe MillardHusaberg-WSP9913x18xx18x15xx2036 NED Wim Janssen / Bart NottenZabel-VMC559151837 CZE Tomas Cermak / Ondrej Cermak JAWA-MEFO98x1338 GER Jens Bochmann / Sandro MichelottoKTM-VMC695xx19x18x39 EST Urmas Sugasep / Veiko ParkseppKTM-AYR911520x19x19x40 NED Patrick Greup / Roy Derks *MTH-VMC1114xx17x41 FRA Benjamin Daniel / Guennady AuverayHusaberg-VMC1164x1820x42 RUS Dmitry Anochin / Maxim ScherbakZabel-MEFO1423201943 LAT Oskars Liepiņš / Ilvars AmeļkinsKTM-AYR452xxx1944 BEL Sonny Van Niewenhuse / Birger BeernaertHusaberg-VMC132219x45 EST Kert Varik / Erkki KoivKTM-AYR392x19xxx46 EST Sverre Lamp / Alar LampKTM-AYR 501xxx2047 EST Argo Poldsaar / Indrek AljesKTM-AYR481x2048 NED Gert van Werven / Rick SellisKTM-VMC891x20xx49 LTU Liutauras Variakois / Latvia Artūrs LintersKTM-AYR571x20xx50 AUT Anton Wanger / CZE Michael GaborMTH-MEFO521x20 BEL Geert Devoldere / FRA Edouard ChereauHusaberg-MEFO250xxxxxx NED Johan Smit / Peter HollemanZabel-BSU1150xxxx Lithuania Romas Kišūnas / Mantas KišūnasZabel-BSU60 0xx GER Willi Lieble / CZE Vaclav HotovyMEFO650xx SWE Sonnie Folkesson / Mattias AnderssonMTH-MEFO1720xx CZE Jaroslav Kriz / Milan GazikMTH-EML1120xx FRA Andre Michel Bernard / Jacques PillierVMC820xxxxxxx UKR Vadim Briuhov / Vitaly BabicZabel840xx UKR Vasyl Kolisnichenko / Dmitro SorokinBSU830xx EST Sergei Ivanov / Atho JalasAYR530xx UKR Oleh Kuklin / Vasyl NesterenkoMEFO850xx UKR Dmytro Grychanuk / Oleksandr LitovchenkoBSU860x UKR Valeriy Starchenko / Evhen PotaninVMC810x UK Mark Kinge / Gary KingeKTM-VMC710xxxxxx GER Marko Schulz / AUT Mario MeusburgerZabel-VMC720xx AUT Kevin Bitsche / Johannes VonbunZabel-WSP670xxxx FRA Jean-Marie Ains / Bernard JayetMEFO370xxxx GBR Andy Eastman / Steve KrwinKTM-VMC360xx SWE Robin Karlsson / Richard KarlssonAYR1180xx EST Madis Olt / Tõnu ValdmaAYR700x FIN Marko Dammert / Mika HietalaAYR960xx FRA Florian Blanco / Vincent BlancoHusaberg1170xx FRA Herve Boursaud / Emeric PoirierVMC780x FRA Patrik Gorardin / Dominique DesplacesVMC113 0x GER Jürgen Blank / Rainer SemetVMC800xx Where there is only one flag shown, it indicates driver and passenger are from the same country. Placings below the first twenty not shown. Teams who took part in the qualifying but failed to qualify for a race are not shown. x denotes qualified for race but finished outside of points. Passengers in italics. Equipment is engine and frame. Daniël Willemsen used Bruno Kaelin as his passenger in the first two races. Jarno van den Boomen used Guennady Auvrey as his passenger in race one and two, Premysl Novotny in race three and four and Sven Verbrugge in race five and six. Thijs Derks used Tom van Duijnhoven as his passenger in race one and two. Nicky Pulinx used Sven Verbrugge as his passenger in race one to four. Stuart Brown used Wilfreid Keuben as his passenger in race one and two and Colin Dunkley in race seven to ten. Patrick Greup used Jimmy van Gennip as his passenger in race one and two. Martin Walter used Thomas Weinmann as his passenger in race 23 and 24. Only 30 teams registered in time for the Jinin race, therefore every team qualified for the race.Results from the Jinin race https://web.archive.org/web/20080514143029/http://www.mx247.com/home/results/sidecarcross/worldscarx2/worldscarx2.html May 14, 2008 mx247.com, accessed: 13 May 2008 1 In race fourteen of the season, the team Willemsen/Grütter was disqualified due to Grütter losing a glove, after a protest by Kristers Sergis. The lost glove disabled the emergency-stop system of the bike, which is a break of FIM rules.Team Willemsen website - No points in second heat GP Germanie?! https://web.archive.org/web/20081010170922/http://www.teamwillemsen.com/stichtingwillemsen/newsview.php?nieuwscategorie_id=1&nieuwsitem_id=216 2008-10-10 (in Dutch) accessed: 5 August 2008 2 In race twenty of the season, the team Sergis/Stupelis was disqualified after winning the race due to the team mechanic refusing an inspection of the bike. The bike supposedly did not comply with noise level regulations.mx247.com - Estonia race https://web.archive.org/web/20080822125656/http://www.mx247.com/home/results/sidecarcross/worldscarx10/worldscarx10.html August 22, 2008 accessed: 19 August 2008 References External links The World Championship on Sidecarcross.com The John Davey Grand Prix Pages – Results of all GP's up until 2005 FIM Sidecar Motocross World Championship 2010 Sidecarcross world championship, 2008 Category:Sidecarcross World Championship seasons