2006 Sidecarcross World Championship

Sidecarcross World Championship 2006 8 23 April 24 September NED Daniël Willemsen BEL Sven Verbrugge NED Netherlands 2005 2007 The 2006 FIM Sidecarcross world championship, the 27th edition of the competition, started on 23 April and finished after eight race weekends on 17 September 2006 with Daniël Willemsen taking out the title once more. Overview 180px|thumb|left|Daniël Willemsen and Sven Verbrugge in the 2006 season The 2006 season was the 27th edition of the sidecarcross world championship. It resulted in a fifth world championship for Daniël Willemsen, his fourth in a row and the second with his passenger Sven Verbrugge from Belgium. The two clearly dominated the season with 13 wins in the 16 races and an 83-point gap to the second placed Evgeny Scherbinin / Sergei Sosnovskikh from Russia. A close third came Marco Happich / Meinrad Schelbert, the German-Swiss combination. After ten seasons in the top ten and five world championships, it was the first time since 1995 for last season's runner-up Kristers Serģis not to finish in the top ten. Due to injury, the Latvian only took part in four races but still achieved three podium finishes. The eight races of the season were held in six countries, France, Germany, Croatia, Belgium, Latvia and the Netherlands. Format Every Grand Prix weekend is split into two races, both held on the same day. This means, the 2006 season with its eight Grand Prix had sixteen races. Each race is currently 30 minutes plus 2 rounds long. Teams go through a qualifying, usually on Saturday. Typically, around 50 teams compete for 30 spots on the starting grid, meaning around 20 teams miss out on the race altogether. Some teams did not actually get a race start all season, failing in qualifying each time. The first twenty teams of each race scored competition points, allocated accordingly to the following system: PlacePoints1 252 223 204 185 166 157 148 139 1210 11PlacePoints11 1012 913 814 715 616 517 418 319 220 1 Retirements At the end of the 2006 season a number of long-term competitors retired from the World Championship, the longest standing of those being German Josef Brustmann with 19 seasons in the competition and Belgian Geert Devoldere with 18 seasons, both first having raced in the World Championship in 1988.Official World Championship classification 2000–present https://web.archive.org/web/20131016191625/http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/sidecarcross/classifications/ 2013-10-16 FIM website, accessed: 9 November 2014JOSEF BRUSTMANN GP RECORD The John Davey Pages, accessed: 9 November 2014GEERT DEVOLDERE GP RECORD The John Davey Pages, accessed: 9 November 2014 Calendar The 2006 season had sixteen races:FIM Sidecarcross World Championship – 2006 Calendar https://web.archive.org/web/20120609133835/http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/sidecarcross/events/year/2006/ 2012-06-09 FIM website, accessed: 5 August 2011 DatePlaceRace winnersGP winner23 AprilNED Oss NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge21 May CRO Zabok NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge4 June FRA Brou NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge18 June Latvia Ķegums NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge2 July BEL Neeroeteren NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge20 August GER Teutschenthal Latvia Māris Rupeiks / Haralds Kurpnieks Latvia Māris Rupeiks / Haralds Kurpnieks GER Josef Brustmann / Stefan Urich13 September FRA Saint-Jean-d'Angle NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge17 September GER Rudersberg GER Marco Happich / UK Mark Watson SWE Henrik Soderqvist / UK Collin Dunkley NED Daniel Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge24 September Latvia Ķegums NED Netherlands The Sidecarcross des Nations in Ķegums on 24 September 2006 is a non-championship event but part of the calendar and is denoted by a light blue background in the table above. Passengers in italics. Classification Riders The final standings in the overall table of the 2006 season were:FIM SIDECAR MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Classification 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20120609134403/http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/sidecarcross/classifications/year/2006/ 2012-06-09 FIM website, accessed: 13 August 2011 PositionDriver / PassengerEquipmentPointsWinsSecondThird1 NED Daniël Willemsen / BEL Sven Verbrugge Zabel-VMC34113——2 RUS Evgeny Scherbinin / Sergei Sosnovskikh MTH-APZ258—533 GER Marko Happich / Switzerland Meinrad Schelbert *Zabel-VMC2431124 Latvia Māris Rupeiks / Haralds Kurpnieks KTM-AYR2311425 BEL Jan Hendrickx / Tim Smeuninx Zabel-VMC217——16 Switzerland Andy Burgler / Martin Betschart KTM-VMC211—227 BEL Joris Hendrickx / Eli Piccart KTM-AYR180——18 United Kingdom Stuart Brown / Luke Peters Zabel-VMC165——19 CZE Vaclav Rozehnal / Marek Rozehnal Zabel-VMC157——110 NED Marcel Willemsen / Bjorn Roes Zabel-VMC137———11 GER Josef Brustmann / Stefan UrichKTM-NPH1171——12 Latvia Jānis Daiders / Lauris DaidersZabel-VMC115———13 BEL Nicky Pulinx / Ludo SomersKTM-AYR113———14 NED Jarno van den Boomen / Henry van de WielMTH-VMC100—1115 NED Carlo van Duijnhoven / Christian VerhagenMTH-VMC100———16 Switzerland Ueli Müller / Reto GrütterZabel-MTH100———17 NED Eric Schrijver / Ramon van MilMTH-VMC93———18 CZE Tomas Cermak / Ondrej Cermak JAWA-VMC68———19 Latvia Kristers Serģis / Kaspars StupelisKTM-Mefo64—2120 UK John Watson / Mark WatsonZabel-VMC57———21 AUT Bertram Martin / Switzerland Bruno KaelinZabel-VMC57———22 GER Martin Walter / Andre SaamZabel-VMC54———23 SWE Henrik Söderqvist / UK Collin Dunkley Husaberg-VMC52—1124 UK Scott Wilkinson / Gary BurtZabel-VMC52———25 BEL Kristof Santermans / NED Patrick NieuwenhuizenYamaha-VMC47———26 UK John Lyne / Michael TurnerZabel-VMC26———27 FRA Laurent Devoldre / Sebastian DevoldreHusaberg-VMC20———28 NED Thijs Derks / Roy DerksHusaberg-BSU17———29 FRA Michael Poirier / Bertrand PoirierKTM-VMC14———30 BEL Geert Devoldere / FRA Guennady AuvrayHonda-EML13———31 GER Werner Wittmann / Mario WohlfartZabel-AYR10———32 BEL Andreas Clohse / Guido SchlabertzZabel-VMC10———33 NED Marcel Grondman / Martijn GeerdinkZabel-VMC9———34 Switzerland Roland Sutter / Sandro MichelletoKTM-VMC9———35 SWE Patrick Fagerberg / Daniel FagerbergKTM-AYR9———36 NED Wim Janssen / Henk RoenhorstZabel-VMC8———37 NED Maikel Kuster / Wilfried KeubenZabel-VMC8———38 NED Johan Smit / Bart NottenHusaberg-BSU7———39 NED Patrick Greup / Marc van DeutekomKTM-VMC7———40 Lithuania Imantas Tamuliūnas / Egidijus KaraliūnasKTM-AYR6———41 GER Jens Bochmann / Stefan ProgschaZabel-AYR6———42 FRA Jean Marie Ains / Bernard JayetZabel-VMC5———43 FRA Baptiste Bigand / Julien BigandMTH-BSU5———44 EST Andrus Vaks / Raimo KaulKTM-AYR4———45 BEL Boudewijn Gommeren / Steve van TongerloKTM-AYR4———46 UK David Keane / Andy HeighesMTH-VMC3———47 FRA David Surcin / Landry TessierZabel-VMC3———48 Latvia Otomārs Skreija / Gastons SkreijaMTH-BSU2———49 FRA Herve Boursaud / Edouard ChereauKTM-VMC1———50 FRA Guillaume Martin / Jacques PilleirZabel-VMC1——— Equipment listed is motor and frame. Marko Happichs only win of the season came with Mark Watson as passenger, who raced at the German GP with him. 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, 2006 Category:Sidecarcross World Championship seasons