2005 Sidecarcross World Championship

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.

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

Sven Verbrugge

Sidecarcross des Nations Latvia
Chronology
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Overview

The 2005 season was the 26th edition of the sidecarcross 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 Talavera Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
1 May Sevlievo Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
8 May Zabok Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
29 May Halle Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
5 June Brou Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
10 July Cēsis Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
17 July Neeroeteren Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
31 July Reutlingen Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
21 August Ķegums Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
11 September Dardon Gueugnon Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
18 September Rudersberg Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
25 September Jauer Latvia
  • The Sidecarcross des Nations in Jauer on 25 September 2005 is a non-championship event but part of the calendar and is denoted by a light blue background in the table above.
  • Passengers in italics.

Classification

Riders

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

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

References
  1. FIM Sidecarcross World Championship – 2005 Calendar Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine FIM website, accessed: 5 August 2011
  2. FIM SIDECAR MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Classification 2005 Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine FIM website, accessed: 13 August 2011
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