2008 Sidecarcross World Championship season | |
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Season | |
Grands Prix | 12 |
Start date | 20 April |
End date | 28 September |
Drivers | |
Champions | Daniël Willemsen |
Sidecarcross des Nations | Netherlands |
Chronology | |
Previous season | Next season |
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.
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The 2008 season was the 29th edition of the sidcarcross world championship.
The twelve races of the season are 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, Kristers Sergis announced his retirement from the competition, finishing his career with a second place in the 2008 edition.[1]
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 determined 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]:
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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 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 | Marco 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 |
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 |
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 entrys received a random number above the number 48 which is the last place archived by a driver in the points in 2007. This system makes it possible to see a drivers 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 / | 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 Sergis / | 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 / | 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 | Marco 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 | Maris 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 | Janis 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 /
Gerti 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 Boggart |
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 Liepins /
Iiavars Amelkins |
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 /
Arturs 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 Kisunas /
Mantes Kisunas |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Vasy Kolisnichenko /
Dmitro Sorokin |
BSU | 83 | 0 | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sergei Ivanov /
Atho Jalas |
AYR | 53 | 0 | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Oleg Kuklin /
Vasyl Nesterenko |
MEFO | 85 | 0 | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dmytro Grychanuk /
Oleksand 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 /
Tonu 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 |
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