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.
All races held since the competitions interception in 1971 were staged in Europe and almost all riders hail from this continent. As World Championship winning riders is concerned, the competition is dominated by a small number of countries, with World Champions coming exclusively from Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Latvia and Belgium.
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The top-three teams season-by-season were:
The FIM Cup was the first incarnation of the competition, held from 1971 to 1974:[1]
| Season | Winner | Points | Second | Points | Third | Points |
| 1971 | Rikus Lubbers Bart Notten |
77 | Nick Thompson Dave Beavis |
58 | Gustav Cox Albert Jans |
49 |
| 1972 | Robert Grogg Gerhard Martinez |
63 | Rikus Lubbers Bart Notten |
62 | Ton van Heugten Jaak Wery |
54 |
| 1973 | Lorenz Haller Samuel Haller |
87 | Robert Grogg Andreas Grabner |
80 | John Elliott Andy Greenhorn |
52 |
| 1974 | Robert Grogg Andreas Grabner |
144 | Bruno Schneider Werner Fink |
106 | Nick Thompson Dave Beavis |
103 |
From 1975 to 1979, the competition was called the FIM European Championship:[1]
| Season | Winner | Points | Second | Points | Third | Points |
| 1975 | Ton van Heugten Dick Steenbergen |
141 | Robert Grogg Andreas Grabner |
139 | Bruno Schneider Werner Fink |
131 |
| 1976 | Robert Grogg Andreas Hüsser |
139 | Bruno Schneider Werner Fink |
135 | Nick Thompson Gary Withers |
120 |
| 1977 | Robert Grogg Andreas Hüsser |
168 | Reinhard Böhler Hans Georg Peppinghaus |
148 | Cor den Biggelaar Cor van de Bijl |
99 |
| 1978 | Robert Grogg Andreas Hüsser |
209 | Cor den Biggelaar Cor van de Bijl |
129 | Herbert Bohren Christoph Langle |
118 |
| 1979 | Emil Bollhalder Roland Bollhalder |
144 | Robert Grogg Andreas Hüsser |
115 | Cor den Biggelaar Cor van de Bijl |
102 |
Since 1980, the competition runs under the name of FIM World Championship:[1]
| Season | Winner | Points | Second | Points | Third | Points |
| 1980 | Reinhard Böhler Siegfried Müller |
236 | Hansi Bächtold Hugo Jung |
148 | Bruno Schneider Christoph Längle |
138 |
| 1981 | Ton van Heugten Frits Kiggen |
216 | Josef Brockhausen Hubert Rebele |
154 | Jan Bakens Henk van Heek |
130 |
| 1982 | Emil Bollhalder Karl Büsser |
164 | Josef Brockhausen Hubert Rebele |
153 | Ton van Heugten Frits Kiggen |
124 |
| 1983 | Emil Bollhalder Karl Büsser |
172 | Josef Brockhausen Hubert Rebele |
144 | Reinhard Böhler Franz Burkhardt |
139 |
| 1984 | Hansi Bächtold Fritz Fuß |
290 | Ton van Heugten Frits Kiggen |
232 | Reinhard Böhler Hans Bauer |
215 |
| 1985 | Hansi Bächtold Fritz Fuß |
290 | August Muller Henk van Heek |
240 | Ton van Heugten Frits Kiggen |
238 |
| 1986 | Hansi Bächtold Fritz Fuß |
389 | August Muller Henk van Heek |
282 | Ton van Heugten Frits Kiggen |
246 |
| 1987 | Hansi Bächtold Fritz Fuß |
277 | August Muller Henk van Heek |
241 | Rijn van Gastel Eric Hurkmans |
220 |
| 1988 | Christoph Hüsser Andreas Hüsser |
333 | Walter Netterscheid Jürgen Hassold |
292 | Andreas Fuhrer Hans Ruedi Stettler |
223 |
| 1989 | Christoph Hüsser Andreas Hüsser |
324 | Benny Janssen Frans Geurts van Kessel |
298 | Eimbert Timmermans Eric Verhagen |
257 |
| 1990 | Benny Janssen Tiny Janssen |
220 | Michael Garhammer Ralf Haas |
207 | Andreas Fuhrer Hans Ruedi Stettler |
204 |
| 1991 | Eimbert Timmermans Eric Verhagen |
252 | Eddy Ramon Gino Strubbe |
215 | Gilles Mecene Eric Morgan |
206 |
| 1992 | Eimbert Timmermans Eric Verhagen |
471 | Eddy Ramon Gino Strubbe |
410 | Andreas Lenherr Reinhard Weber |
281 |
| 1993 | Andreas Fuhrer Adrian Käser |
391 | Martin Gölz Hans Ruedi Stettler |
309 | Karl Fussenegger Josef Meusburger |
288 |
| 1994 | Andreas Fuhrer Adrian Käser |
232 | Karl Fussenegger Josef Meusburger |
204 | Klaus Weinmann Thomas Weinmann |
199 |
| 1995 | Andreas Fuhrer Adrian Käser |
261 | Klaus Weinmann Thomas Weinmann |
233 | Martin Gölz Hans Ruedi Stettler |
175 |
| 1996 | Andreas Fuhrer Adrian Käser |
262 | Martin Gölz Hans Ruedi Stettler |
235 | Alois Wenninger Henry van de Wiel |
210 |
| 1997 | Kristers Sergis Artis Rasmanis |
277 | Alois Wenninger Henry van de Wiel |
273 | Daniël Willemsen Marcel Willemsen |
271 |
| 1998 | Kristers Sergis Artis Rasmanis |
299 | Daniël Willemsen Marcel Willemsen |
279 | Klaus Weinmann Thomas Weinmann |
239 |
| 1999 | Daniël Willemsen Marcel Willemsen |
386 | Kristers Sergis Artis Rasmanis |
385 | Henrik Söderqvist Tobias Sylwan |
267 |
| 2000 | Kristers Sergis Artis Rasmanis |
352 | Daniël Willemsen Sven Verbrugge |
320 | Klaus Weinmann Thomas Weinmann |
306 |
| 2001 | Kristers Sergis Artis Rasmanis |
550 | Daniël Willemsen Sven Verbrugge |
427 | Henrik Söderqvist Tobias Sylwan |
351 |
| 2002 | Kristers Sergis Artis Rasmanis |
662 | Daniël Willemsen Alfons Eggers |
494 | Wilfred van Werven Eli Piccart |
434 |
| 2003 | Daniël Willemsen Kaspars Stupelis |
561 | Kristers Sergis Sven Verbrugge |
501 | Wilfred van Werven Eli Piccart |
382 |
| 2004 | Daniël Willemsen Kaspars Stupelis |
572 | Marco Happich Thomas Weinmann |
419 | Are Kaurit Jurgen Jakk |
391 |
| 2005 | Daniël Willemsen Sven Verbrugge |
478 | Kristers Sergis Kaspars Stupelis |
440 | Maris Rupeiks Haralds Kurpnieks |
317 |
| 2006 | Daniël Willemsen Sven Verbrugge |
341 | Evgeny Scherbinin Sergei Sosnovskikh |
258 | Marco Happich Meinrad Schelbert |
243 |
| 2007 | Daniël Willemsen Reto Grütter |
375 | Jan Hendrickx Tim Smeuninx |
286 | Kristers Sergis Kaspars Stupelis |
242 |
| 2008 | Daniël Willemsen Reto Grütter |
531 | Kristers Sergis Kaspars Stupelis |
434 | Jan Hendrickx Tim Smeuninx |
421 |
| 2009 | Joris Hendrickx Kaspars Liepins |
483 | Jan Hendrickx Tim Smeuninx |
465 | Janis Daiders Lauris Daiders |
418 |
| 2010 | Daniël Willemsen Gertie Eggink |
556 | Joris Hendrickx Kaspars Liepins |
547 | Jan Hendrickx Tim Smeuninx |
464 |
| 2011 | Daniël Willemsen Sven Verbrugge |
487 | Janis Daiders Lauris Daiders |
478 | Jan Hendrickx Tim Smeuninx |
405 |
The points awarded for every race has historically varied, as has the number of races. This leads to the points table and the Grand Prix winners table being somewhat in favour of the more recent riders, early seasons having had only a small number of races.[2][3]
Every race weekend now consists of two races, with the best team out of the two becoming the week ends Grand Prix winner. In some earlier seasons, race weekends were also staged in three separate races.
Listed are all drivers with more than 1,000 points and all Grand Prix winning drivers up until the end of the 2011 season:
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| World Champions |
The overwhelming majority of Grand Prix winners hail from the five countries that also have provided a World Champion. These five also sit at the top of the list of countries having held Grand Prix, alongside France and the United Kingdom, who are without a World Championship:[2][4]
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In the history of the competition from 1971 to 2011, races have been held in 154 different locations, with Wschowa and Saint-Mamet being two new locations for 2010:[4]
| 2011 GP Locations |
The teams finishing in the top-ten over the last 15 seasons:
| Driver | Passenger | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
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| Daniël Willemsen | Gertie Eggink | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Sven Verbrugge | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Reto Grütter | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Kaspars Stupelis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Alfons Eggers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Marcel Willemsen | 25 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Joris Hendrickx | Kaspars Liepins | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Eli Piccart | 8 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger van de Lagemaat | 42 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Jan Hendrickx | Tim Smeuninx | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Etienne Bax | Ben van den Boogaert | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Marc van Deutekom | 21 | 10 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Maris Rupeiks | Kaspars Stupelis | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Haralds Kurpnieks | 14 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
| Normunds Berzins | 21 | 17 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Andreas Grasis | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ben Adriaenssen | Kenny van Gaalen | 18 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Tomas Cermak | Ondrej Cermak | 46 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 37 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||
| Janis Daiders | Lauris Daiders | 39 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||
| Baptiste Bigand | Julien Bigand | 48 | 43 | 35 | 25 | 33 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Jan Visscher | Jeroen Visscher | 39 | 30 | 15 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Vaclav Rozehnal | Marek Rozehnal | 26 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 11 | |||||||
| Peter Steegmans | Sven Verbrugge | 21 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Christian Verhagen | 8 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Dagwin Sabbe | 8 | 40 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Henry van de Wiel | 34 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Brown | Luke Peters | 20 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| Jason Peters | 5 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Marco Happich | Martin Betschart | 4 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Meinrad Schelbert | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Weinmann | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gerwin Wijs | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Sebastian Boehme | 17 | 10 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Beat Meyer | 26 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| Peer Kasseckert | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
| Andy Bürgler | Markus Gloor | 18 | |||||||||||||||
| Daniel Fagerberg | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Martin Betschart | 20 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Meinrad Schelbert | 43 | 25 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Evgeny Scherbinin | Haralds Kurpnieks | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Sergei Sosnovskikh | 31 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 30 | |||||||
| Henrik Söderqvist | Tobias Sylwan | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 23 | ||||
| Colin Dunkley | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jason Peters | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Marcel Willemsen | Bruno Kaelin | 24 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Marco Godau | 17 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Bjorn Roes | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bart Notten | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rene Boon | 19 | 16 | 32 | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Geert Devoldere | Jaques Pillier | 41 | |||||||||||||||
| Edouard Chereau | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guennady Auvray | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hgerve Allier | 33 | 28 | |||||||||||||||
| Joel Bequillard | 29 | 37 | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| Marc Desplaces | 43 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dagwin Saabe | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sven van Zanten | 21 | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| Gino Strubbe | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicky Pulinx | Kaspars Stupelis | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Ondrej Cermak | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ludo Somers | 13 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Bruno Kaelin | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dagwin Sabbe | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eric Schrijver | Patrick van de Nieuwenhuizen | 12 | 37 | ||||||||||||||
| Henry van de Wiel | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ramon van Mil | 26 | 22 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Christian Verhagen | 15 | 10 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Martin Geerdink | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Alco van de Ketterij | 31 | 39 | |||||||||||||||
| Kristers Sergis | Kaspars Stupelis | 2 | 19 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Sven Verbrugge | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Artis Rasmanis | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jarno van den Boomen | Bjorn Roes | 22 | |||||||||||||||
| Henry van de Wiel | 6 | 14 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Rick van Gaalen | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bertram Martin | Bruno Kaelin | 46 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 20 | 32 | |||||||||
| Werner Wittman | Guennady Auvray | 32 | |||||||||||||||
| Mario Wohlfart | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| Premysl Novotny | 17 | 12 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Jurgen Jakk | 17 | 21 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Bernhard Zellinger | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| David Barat | Serge Blanco | 21 | |||||||||||||||
| Herve Allier | 14 | 38 | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Sebastian Bellaund | 17 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Are Kaurit | Jurgen Jakk | 16 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Sven Verbrugge | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Arvo Laksberg | 15 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Benoit Beaumont | Henry van de Wiel | 10 | 10 | 8 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Sies Hurkmans | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Emmanuel Rostaing | 8 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Bruno Buvet | 37 | 27 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Günther Goovaerts | Ludo Somers | 27 | |||||||||||||||
| Alco van de Ketterij | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Alfons Eggers | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sven Verbrugge | 21 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Wilfred van Werven | Eli Piccart | 11 | 3 | 3 | 32 | ||||||||||||
| Roger van de Lagemaat | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bart Notten | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ronnie Meulenbroek | 42 | 17 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Aivar Korjus | Jurgen Jakk | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Raimo Kaul | 29 | 51 | |||||||||||||||
| Klaus Weinmann | Thomas Weinmann | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||
| Jacky Janssen | Wiljam Janssen | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||
| Chris Etheridge | John Chambers | 19 | 23 | 21 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Withers | 9 | 37 | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Henderson | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mike Turner | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gerton Kops | Roger van de Lagermaat | 22 | |||||||||||||||
| Gerwin Wijs | 15 | 9 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| David Keane | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sies Hurkmans | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Alois Wenninger | Henry van de Wiel | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Volker Peppinghaus | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominik Schoch | Hans Ruedi Schläpfer | 7 | 13 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Jochen Kurt | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Conny Johansson | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wolfgang Kühn | Stefan Urich | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Jochen Zimmermann | 5 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 27 | ||||||||||||
| Karl Fussenegger | Josef Meusburger | 6 | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Martin Gölz | Sven Verbrugge | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| David Keane | 38 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hans Ruedi Stettler | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Andreas Fuhrer | Adrian Käser | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Andreas Lenherr | Hans Ruedi Schläpfer | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Reinhard Weber | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
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