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The Sidecar World Championship is an annual event held by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The first World Championship tournament took place in 1949. As all other World Championships in moto racing, it consists of a series of races run throughout a calendar year in which the riders with the most accumulated points are awarded as world champion
The FIM Sidecarcross World Championship is an annual event, organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) and held since 1980.. Previous to that, a European competition was held from 1971 onwards, first the FIM Cup and then, from 1975, the FIM European Championship.
The sport is predominantly amateur, with only the top-riders, like former world champions Ben Adriaenssen, Daniël Willemsen and Etienne Bax being professional. [1] [2]The Sidecarcross World Championship, first held in 1980 and organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, is an annual competition.
In 2016 Kirsi Kainulainen became the first woman motorcycle world champion, as passenger to Pekka Päivärinta. [6] However, in 2017 the engine capacity of F1 sidecars was reduced from 1000cc to 600cc. This was a conscious effort by FIM to attract more participation from racers who still preferred the traditional F2 chassis.
This is a List of national sidecarcross champions, including the national championships of Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Latvia, the Netherlands, Lithuania Sweden and Switzerland. Of those competitions listed, the Belgian Championship is the oldest one, dating back to 1951, followed by the French, formed in 1956.
Helmut Fath (24 May 1929 – 19 June 1993) [1] was a German sidecar racer and engineer. He won the Sidecar World Championship in 1960 and 1968. [3] His early racing was on BMW R50 sidecars with a chassis of his own design.
The 2016 FIM Sidecarcross World Championship, the 37th edition of the competition, started on 10 April and finished after eleven events on 18 September 2016. [1]The championship was won by Belgian rider Jan Hendrickx and his Dutch passenger Ben van den Bogaart.
Classes that have been discontinued include Formula 750, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 80cc, 50cc and Sidecar. The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), and is the oldest motorsport World Championship.