2008 Sidecarcross World Championship

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.

Main article: Sidecarcross World Championship
2008 Sidecarcross World Championship
Season
Grands Prix 12
Start date 20 April
End date 28 September
Drivers
Champions Daniël Willemsen

Reto Grütter

Sidecarcross des Nations Netherlands
Chronology
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2007 2009

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.[1]

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:[2]

Place Points
1 25
2 22
3 20
4 18
5 16
6 15
7 14
8 13
9 12
10 11
Place Points
11 10
12 9
13 8
14 7
15 6
16 5
17 4
18 3
19 2
20 1

Calendar

The calendar for the 2008 season:[3]

Date Place Race winners GP winner
20 April Oss Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis Jan Hendrickx / Tim Smeuninx
Jan Hendrickx / Tim Smeuninx
11 May Jinín Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
18 May Chernivtsi Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
1 June Cingoli Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
8 June Bourg-Bruche Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
13 July Genk Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
20 July Strassbessenbach Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
3 August Slagelse Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
10 August Kegums Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter Maris Rupeiks / Haralds Kurpnieks
Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
17 August Kiviõli Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
7 September Dardon Guegnon Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
14 September Rudersberg Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter
28 September Genk 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:[4]

Position Driver / Passenger Equipment Bike
No		 Points
1 Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter Zabel-VMC 1 531
2 Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis KTM-AYR 3 434
3 Jan Hendrickx / Tim Smeuninx Zabel-VMC 2 421
4 Joris Hendrickx / Kaspars Liepins KTM-AYR 8 394
5 Marko Happich / Meinrad Schelbert Zabel-MEFO 7 317
6 Maris Rupeiks / Haralds Kurpnieks KTM-AYR 6 297
7 Vaclav Rozehnal / Marek Rozehnal Zabel-VMC 5 273
8 Janis Daiders / Lauris Daiders KTM-AYR 10 269
9 Nicky Pulinx / Ondrej Cermak Zabel-VMC 14 244
10 Etienne Bax / Marc van Deutekom Zabel-VMC 21 240
  • 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:[4]

Position Manufacturer Points
1 VMC 584
2 AYR 504
3 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:[4]

Driver / Passenger Equipment No. Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 Daniël Willemsen /

Reto Grütter *

 Zabel-VMC 1 531 5 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 x 1 1 1 D1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Kristers Serģis /

Kaspars Stupelis

 KTM-AYR 3 434 1 x 2 x 1 2 2 3 2 5 x 2 3 1 2 2 7 1 2 D2 2 2 2 2
3 Jan Hendrickx /

Tim Smeuninx

 Zabel-VMC 2 421 2 1 7 4 8 6 13 6 5 2 2 3 8 5 4 4 5 2 3 3 7 3 4 5
4 Joris Hendrickx /

Kaspars Liepiņš

 KTM-AYR 8 394 3 7 3 5 2 7 5 4 8 4 3 4 12 2 6 8 6 5 5 10 5 4 5 4
5 Marko Happich /

Meinrad Schelbert

 Zabel-MEFO 7 317 x 4 6 6 7 4 3 2 4 3 x 11 6 11 18 x 8 3 8 9 9 5 8 3
6 Māris Rupeiks /

Haralds Kurpnieks

 KTM-AYR 6 297 12 x 4 8 12 5 7 x 12 7 4 7 5 6 x 7 2 4 11 2 3 x 7 9
7 Vaclav Rozehnal /

Marek Rozehnal

 Zabel-VMC 5 273 14 8 x 2 4 3 4 11 7 6 7 8 2 x 13 12 10 7 15 6 8 10 x x
8 Jānis Daiders /

Lauris Daiders

 KTM-AYR 10 269 19 12 11 x 6 11 6 x x 9 6 x 4 10 9 6 3 13 6 4 6 7 3 6
9 Nicky Pulinx /

Ondrej Cermak *

 Zabel-VMC 14 244 16 x 9 16 5 9 9 7 9 14 x 6 11 9 14 19 4 12 4 5 4 6 12 x
10 Etienne Bax /

Marc van Deutekom

 Zabel-VMC 21 240 4 x 8 10 x 12 8 8 6 10 8 15 10 3 8 13 9 9 7 x 14 13 13 16
11 Marcel Willemsen /

Marco Godau

 Zabel-VSP 17 208 10 11 5 7 9 8 12 x x 18 9 10 15 8 5 5 15 10 x 14 13 x 15 13
12 Carlo van Duijnhoven /

Christian Verhagen

 Zabel-VMC 12 172 8 6 15 11 17 13 14 12 15 x x 18 x 15 x 10 11 6 10 7 x 11 16 12
13 Thijs Derks /

Gertie Eggink *

 Husaberg-VMC 27 158 13 2 14 18 x 15 17 x 10 8 10 9 x 18 10 20 17 8 16 13 17 12 18 x
14 Eric Schrijver /

Henry van de Wiel

 MTH-VMC 101 139 6 5 19 x 14 14 19 14 11 12 12 16 9 14 13 19 18 x 11 x 14 x
15 Martin Walter /

Andre Saam *

 Zabel-WSP 15 127 x 20 10 9 11 10 10 5 x x 11 x 14 14 x 16 18 x x 11 x 13
16 Peter Steegmans /

Dagwin Sabbe

 Zabel-WSP 40 115 20 17 x 9 5 5 7 4 x x 12 x 9 8
17 Stuart Brown /

Luke Peters *

 Zabel-VMC 24 108 18 9 11 x 3 13 13 17 20 x x 8 6 7
18 Thomas Morch /

Marius Strauss

 Zabel-WSP 23 102 12 13 10 18 18 10 17 19 16 19 x 15 x 14 19 16 17 18 16 x 10 19
19 Kristof Santermans /

Ben van den Bogaart

 Zabel-WSP 33 93 x 16 x x 15 19 x 17 15 12 17 x x 11 16 11 x 12 10 9 x x
20 Henrik Söderqvist /

Tobias Sylwan

 Husaberg-AYR 11 89 x 3 3 3 15 9 10
21 Lukas Cerny /

Tomas Huml

 JAWA-VMC 31 74 13 12 16 17 18 x x 13 x 20 11 17 14 x 19 14 19 17
22 Jarno van den Boomen /

Bjorn Roes *

 Zabel-VMC 16 68 11 x 17 15 13 x x 14 7 9 14 x x x
23 Margo Sonn /

Maarek Mill

 KTM-AYR 103 65 16 14 15 16 20 20 19 15 14 x x x 16 18 x 18 13 15 x
24 John Lyne /

Pete Girling

 Zabel-VMC 26 55 17 15 x 13 16 x x 20 12 x x x x x x 19 11 11
25 Baptiste Bigand /

Julien Bigand

 Zabel-VMC 35 45 x x 16 15 13 x x x x 19 x x x 12 x 12 15 x x
26 Andy Bürgler /

Daniel Fagerberg

 KTM-VMC 4 31 9 10 13 x
27 Andreas Clohse /

Robbie Bax

 JAWA-VMC 28 27 x 16 14 x x x 20 14 x x 18 17 x x
28 Josef Brustmann /

Stefan Urich

 KTM-NPM 29 25 16 7 x 15
29 Patrick Fagerberg /

Daniel Fagerberg

 KTM-AYR 122 24 18 17 x x 20 15 x 15 x 17
30 Jan Visscher /

Jeroen Visscher

 Zabel-VMC 38 21 7 x 20 16 20
31 Josua Luscher /

Markus Gloor

 Husaberg-VMC 87 21 x 17 20 11 19 17
32 Bertram Martin /

Bruno Kaelin

 Zabel-VMC 68 21 x x x 16 x 12 x 14
33 Scott Wilkinson /

Gary Burt

 Zabel-VMC 19 18 x 14 x x 17 x x x 17 18
34 Gert Godejev /

Keit Kivaste

 KTM-AYR 151 16 20 19 18 x x 17 20 16
35 Daniel Millard /

Joe Millard

 Husaberg-WSP 99 13 x 18 x x 18 x 15 x x 20
36 Wim Janssen /

Bart Notten

 Zabel-VMC 55 9 15 18
37 Tomas Cermak /

Ondrej Cermak

 JAWA-MEFO 9 8 x 13
38 Jens Bochmann /

Sandro Michelotto

 KTM-VMC 69 5 x x 19 x 18 x
39 Urmas Sugasep /

Veiko Parksepp

 KTM-AYR 911 5 20 x 19 x 19 x
40 Patrick Greup /

Roy Derks *

 MTH-VMC 111 4 x x 17 x
41 Benjamin Daniel /

Guennady Auveray

 Husaberg-VMC 116 4 x 18 20 x
42 Dmitry Anochin /

Maxim Scherbak

 Zabel-MEFO 142 3 20 19
43 Oskars Liepiņš /

Ilvars Ameļkins

 KTM-AYR 45 2 x x x 19
44 Sonny Van Niewenhuse /

Birger Beernaert

 Husaberg-VMC 132 2 19 x
45 Kert Varik /

Erkki Koiv

 KTM-AYR 39 2 x 19 x x x
46 Sverre Lamp /

Alar Lamp

 KTM-AYR 50 1 x x x 20
47 Argo Poldsaar /

Indrek Aljes

 KTM-AYR 48 1 x 20
48 Gert van Werven /

Rick Sellis

 KTM-VMC 89 1 x 20 x x
49 Liutauras Variakois /

Artūrs Linters

 KTM-AYR 57 1 x 20 x x
50 Anton Wanger /

Michael Gabor

 MTH-MEFO 52 1 x 20
Geert Devoldere /

Edouard Chereau

 Husaberg-MEFO 25 0 x x x x x x
Johan Smit /

Peter Holleman

 Zabel-BSU 115 0 x x x x
Romas Kišūnas /

Mantas Kišūnas

 Zabel-BSU 60 0 x x
Willi Lieble /

Vaclav Hotovy

 MEFO 65 0 x x
Sonnie Folkesson /

Mattias Andersson

 MTH-MEFO 172 0 x x
Jaroslav Kriz /

Milan Gazik

 MTH-EML 112 0 x x
Andre Michel Bernard /

Jacques Pillier

 VMC 82 0 x x x x x x x
Vadim Briuhov /

Vitaly Babic

 Zabel 84 0 x x
Vasyl Kolisnichenko /

Dmitro Sorokin

 BSU 83 0 x x
Sergei Ivanov /

Atho Jalas

 AYR 53 0 x x
Oleh Kuklin /

Vasyl Nesterenko

 MEFO 85 0 x x
Dmytro Grychanuk /

Oleksandr Litovchenko

 BSU 86 0 x
Valeriy Starchenko /

Evhen Potanin

 VMC 81 0 x
Mark Kinge /

Gary Kinge

 KTM-VMC 71 0 x x x x x x
Marko Schulz /

Mario Meusburger

 Zabel-VMC 72 0 x x
Kevin Bitsche /

Johannes Vonbun

 Zabel-WSP 67 0 x x x x
Jean-Marie Ains /

Bernard Jayet

 MEFO 37 0 x x x x
Andy Eastman /

Steve Krwin

 KTM-VMC 36 0 x x
Robin Karlsson /

Richard Karlsson

 AYR 118 0 x x
Madis Olt /

Tõnu Valdma

 AYR 70 0 x
Marko Dammert /

Mika Hietala

 AYR 96 0 x x
Florian Blanco /

Vincent Blanco

 Husaberg 117 0 x x
Herve Boursaud /

Emeric Poirier

 VMC 78 0 x
Patrik Gorardin /

Dominique Desplaces

 VMC 113 0 x
Jürgen Blank /

Rainer Semet

 VMC 80 0 x x
  • 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.[5]
  • 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.[6]
  • 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.[7]

References
  1. "Side Car Moto-Cross". netherlandsembassy.lv. 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
  2. Ergebnisse: World Sidecarcross Championships 2007
  3. FIM Sidecarcross World Championship – 2008 Calendar Archived June 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine FIM website, accessed: 5 August 2011
  4. FIM SIDECAR MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Classification 2008 Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine FIM website, accessed: 13 August 2011
  5. Results from the Jinin race Archived May 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine mx247.com, accessed: 13 May 2008
  6. Team Willemsen website - No points in second heat GP Germanie?! Archived 2008-10-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch) accessed: 5 August 2008
  7. mx247.com - Estonia race Archived August 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine accessed: 19 August 2008
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