2005 Sidecarcross World Championship

2005 Sidecarcross World Championship
Season
Grands Prix 11
Start date 17 April
End date 25 September
Drivers
Champions Netherlands Daniël Willemsen

Belgium Sven Verbrugge

Sidecarcross des Nations Latvia Latvia
Chronology
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2004 2006

The 2005 FIM Sidecarcross world championship, the 26th edition of the competition, started on 17 April and finished after eleven race weekends on 18 September 2005 with Daniël Willemsen taking out the title once more.

Overview

The 2005 season was the 26th edition of the sidcarcross world championship. It resulted in a fourth world championship for Daniël Willemsen, his third in a row and his first with his passenger Sven Verbrugge from Belgium. The runners-up spot went to Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis who had a good start to the season and lead the classement in the early stages, the five-time world champion Sergis improving on last seasons disappointing seventh place. Third place also went to Latvia with Maris Rupeiks / Haralds Kurpnieks but the two were never in the race for the championship. Except for the top two, no other team managed to win a race this season.

The eleven races of the season were held in eight countries, Spain, Croatia, Bulgaria, Netherlands, France (2x), Germany (2x), Belgium and Latvia (2x).

Format

Every Grand Prix weekend is split into two races, both held on the same day. This means, the 2005 season with its eleven Grand Prix had twentytwo races. Each race was 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.

Teams consist of a driver and a passenger, however, the drivers can and do exchange passengers during the season, often due to injury. An exchange of passenger does not affect the points a team has won up till then. Driver and passenger do not have to be from the same country either.

The first twenty teams of each race scored competition points, allocated accordingly to the following system:

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 2005 season had eleven Grand Prix:[1]

Date Place Race winners GP winner
17 April Spain Talavera Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge Latvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
Latvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
1 May Bulgaria Sevlievo Latvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis Latvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
Latvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
8 May Croatia Zabok Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge Latvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
Latvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
29 May Netherlands Halle Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge
Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge
5 June France Brou Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge
Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge
10 July Latvia CÄ“sis Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge
Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge
17 July Belgium Neeroeteren Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge
Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge
31 July Germany Reutlingen Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge
Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge
21 August Latvia Ķegums Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge
Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge
11 September France Dardon Gueugnon Latvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis Latvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
Latvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
18 September Germany Rudersberg Netherlands Daniel Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge Latvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
Latvia Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
25 September Germany Jauer Latvia Latvia

Classification

Riders

The final standings in the overall table of the 2005 season were:[2]

Position Driver / Passenger Equipment Points Wins Second Third
1 Netherlands Daniël Willemsen / Belgium Sven Verbrugge Zabel-VMC 478 15 4 —
2 Latvia Kristers Serģis / Kaspars Stupelis MTH-BSU 440 7 12 1
3 Latvia Māris Rupeiks / Haralds Kurpnieks KTM-AYR 317 — 1 6
4 Russia Evgeny Scherbinin / Sergei Sosnovskikh MTH-APZ 299 — 3 4
5 Germany Marko Happich / Switzerland Meinrad Schelbert / Sandro Michelotto Zabel-VMC 274 — — 5
6 Netherlands Jarno van den Boomen / Henry van de Wiel MTH-BSU 262 — — 4
7 Belgium Jan Hendrickx / Tim Smeunix / Ludo Somers / Alco van de Ketterij MTH-BSU 223 — — —
8 Belgium Joris Hendrickx / Eli Piccart / Roger van de Lagemaat MTH-BSU 198 — — —
9 United Kingdom Stuart Brown / Jason Peters / Marc Cooper Zabel-VMC 197 — 2 —
10 Germany Werner Wittmann / Czech Republic Premysl Novotny Zabel-AYR 184 — — 2
11 Czech Republic Vaclav Rozehnal / Marek Rozehnal Zabel-VMC 175 — — —
12 Netherlands Eric Schrijver / Christian Verhagen MTH-VMC 173 — — —
13 Netherlands Marcel Willemsen / Bart Notten KTM-VMC 132 — — —
14 United Kingdom John Watson / Mark Watson Zabel-BSU 126 — — —
15 Switzerland Ulrich Müller / Reto Grütter Kawasaki-VMC 126 — — —
16 Belgium Nicky Pulinx / Switzerland Bruno Kaelin / Netherlands Martijn Geerdink / Belgium Ludo Somers KTM-VMC 107 — — —
17 Czech Republic Tomas Cermak / Ondrej Cermak JAWA-VMC 102 — — —
18 Germany Josef Brustmann / Stefan Urich / Netherlands Alco van de Ketterij / Switzerland Bruno Kaelin KTM-NMP 100 — — —
19 Germany Martin Walter / Andre Saam Zabel-VMC 98 — — —
20 Switzerland Andy Burgler / Martin Betschart KTM-VMC 80 — — —
21 France David Barat / Francis Blanco / Germany Marco Goldau Zabel-VMC 79 — — —
22 Netherlands Carlo van Duijnhoven / Tom van Duijnhoven MTH-VMC 58 — — —
23 Sweden Patrick Fagerberg / Daniel Fagerberg KTM-Ayr 58 — — —
24 Latvia Jānis Daiders / Lauris Daiders MTH-BSU 51 — — —
25 United Kingdom John Lyne / Colin Dunkley Zabel-VMC 51 — — —
26 Sweden Henrik Söderqvist / Tobias Sylvan Husaberg-VMC 49 — — —
27 Netherlands Thijs Derks / Roy Derks Husaberg-BSU 49 — — —
28 Belgium Geert Devoldere / France Herve Allier / Germany Juregen Hulsmans / France Joel Bequillard Honda-EML 40 — — —
29 Belgium Kristof Santermans / Stefan Coeck / Netherlands Patrick Nieuwenhuizen Yamaha-VMC 38 — — —
30 Belgium Boudewijn Gommeren / Bart Verbrugge KTM-AYR 34 — — —
31 Germany Frank Hofman / Belgium Ludo Somers Zabel-VMC 33 — — —
32 France Jean Marie Ains / Bernard Jayet Zabel-VMC 26 — — —
33 France Johnny Bethis / Charlie Begaud Zabel-VMC 25 — — —
34 Latvia Alvis Tribockis / Mario Kirilko MTH-VMC 18 — — —
35 Netherlands Johan Smit / Gertie Eggink Zabel-BSU 16 — — —
36 Netherlands Maikel Kuster / Wilfried Keuben Zabel-VMC 13 — — —
37 Netherlands Marcel Grondman / Martijn Geerdink / Clemens Grondman Zabel-VMC 13 — — —
38 Lithuania Imantas Tamuliūnas / Egidijus Karaliūnas KTM-BSU 12 — — —
39 Estonia Andrus Vaks / Raimo Kaul KTM-AYR 12 — — —
40 United Kingdom Scott Wilkinson / Gary Burt Zabel-VMC 12 — — —
41 Estonia Argo Poldsaar / Tonu Handsar MTH-AYR 12 — — —
42 Netherlands Wim Janssen / Henk Roenhorst Zabel-BSU 11 — — —
43 France Michael Poirier / Edouard Cherau Zabel-VMC 10 — — —
44 France David Surcin / Landry Tessier Zabel-VMC 10 — — —
45 Germany Jens Bochmann / Stefan Progscha Zabel-AYR 9 — — —
46 Netherlands Patrick Greup / Peter Holleman KTM-VMC 8 — — —
47 Germany Jürgen Blank / Rainer Semet Zabel-VMC 6 — — —
48 France Baptiste Bigand / Julien Bigand MTH-AYR 5 — — —
49 Germany Willie Liebel/ Czech Republic Vaclav Hotovy MEFO-VMC 3 — — —
50 United Kingdom Stuart Lines / Michael Stones KTM-VMC 3 — — —
51 Belgium Andreas Clohse / Guido Schlabertz Zabel-VMC 3 — — —
52 Germany Dietmar Schmid / Marco Godau KTM-AYR 2 — — —
53 Estonia Serge Ivanov / Atho Jalas KTM-AYR 1 — — —
54 France Herve Boursaud / Guennady Auvray KTM-VMC 1 — — —

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