List of Sidecarcross World Championship records and statistics


The FIM Sidecarcross World Championship is an annual event, organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme 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.

Champions

The top-three teams season-by-season were:

FIM Cup

The FIM Cup was the first incarnation of the competition, held from 1971 to 1974:
SeasonWinnerPointsSecondPointsThirdPoints
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

FIM European Championship

From 1975 to 1979, the competition was called the FIM European Championship:
SeasonWinnerPointsSecondPointsThirdPoints
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

FIM World Championship

Since 1980, the competition runs under the name of FIM World Championship:
SeasonWinnerPointsSecondPointsThirdPoints
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 Serģis
Artis Rasmanis
277 Alois Wenninger
Henry van de Wiel
273 Daniël Willemsen
Marcel Willemsen
271
1998 Kristers Serģis
Artis Rasmanis
299 Daniël Willemsen
Marcel Willemsen
279 Klaus Weinmann
Thomas Weinmann
239
1999 Daniël Willemsen
Marcel Willemsen
386 Kristers Serģis
Artis Rasmanis
385 Henrik Söderqvist
Tobias Sylwan
267
2000 Kristers Serģis
Artis Rasmanis
352 Daniël Willemsen
Sven Verbrugge
320 Klaus Weinmann
Thomas Weinmann
306
2001 Kristers Serģis
Artis Rasmanis
550 Daniël Willemsen
Sven Verbrugge
427 Henrik Söderqvist
Tobias Sylwan
351
2002 Kristers Serģis
Artis Rasmanis
662 Daniël Willemsen
Alfons Eggers
494 Wilfred van Werven
Eli Piccart
434
2003 Daniël Willemsen
Kaspars Stupelis
561 Kristers Serģis
Sven Verbrugge
501 Wilfred van Werven
Eli Piccart
382
2004 Daniël Willemsen
Kaspars Stupelis
572 Marko Happich
Thomas Weinmann
419 Are Kaurit
Jürgen Jakk
391
2005 Daniël Willemsen
Sven Verbrugge
478 Kristers Serģis
Kaspars Stupelis
440 Māris Rupeiks
Haralds Kurpnieks
317
2006 Daniël Willemsen
Sven Verbrugge
341 Evgeny Scherbinin
Sergei Sosnovskikh
258 Marko Happich
Meinrad Schelbert
243
2007 Daniël Willemsen
Reto Grütter
375 Jan Hendrickx
Tim Smeuninx
286 Kristers Serģis
Kaspars Stupelis
242
2008 Daniël Willemsen
Reto Grütter
531 Kristers Serģis
Kaspars Stupelis
434 Jan Hendrickx
Tim Smeuninx
421
2009 Joris Hendrickx
Kaspars Liepiņš
483 Jan Hendrickx
Tim Smeuninx
465 Jānis Daiders
Lauris Daiders
418
2010 Daniël Willemsen
Gertie Eggink
556 Joris Hendrickx
Kaspars Liepiņš
547 Jan Hendrickx
Tim Smeuninx
464
2011 Daniël Willemsen
Sven Verbrugge
487 Jānis Daiders
Lauris Daiders
478 Jan Hendrickx
Tim Smeuninx
405
2012 Daniël Willemsen
Kenny van Gaalen
452 Etienne Bax
Kaspars Stupelis
447 Ben Adriaenssen
Sven Verbrugge
385
2013 Ben Adriaenssen
Ben van den Bogaart
610 Etienne Bax
Kaspars Stupelis
513 Jan Hendrickx
Elvijs Mucenieks
442
2014 Ben Adriaenssen
Ben van den Bogaart
420 Etienne Bax
Kaspars Stupelis
402 Stuart Brown
Josh Chamberlain
317
2015 Etienne Bax
Kaspars Stupelis
675 Valentin Giraud
Nicolas Musset
579 Jan Hendrickx
Ben van den Bogaart
579

GP winning drivers

The number of races has historically. This leads to the Grand Prix winners table being somewhat in favour of the more recent riders, early seasons having had only a small number of races.
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 Grand Prix winning drivers up until the end of the 2015 season:
Denotes World Champions – European Champions – FIM-Cup winners

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:

GP wins per country

In the history of the competition from 1971 to 2015, races have been held in 157 different locations, with Malpartida de Cáceres and Stelpe having been new additions for 2015:
The drivers finishing in the top-ten and their season-by-season finish:

1980 to 1999

The first twenty seasons of the World Championship:
DriverSCT8081828384858687888990919293949596979899
Daniël Willemsen221016232512321
Kristers Serģis17512453322187112
Henrik Söderqvist17416113
Klaus Weinmann1611183519671013325434
Are Kaurit127392416151565
Jacky Janssen1183029164441076
Alois Wenninger9615525213247
Aivar Korjus6429518
Gerton Kops114323327137108159
Peter Steegmans1153485910
Benoit Beaumont1244631382719811
Martin Gölz114371815143529323812
Dominik Schoch815420192271313
David Barat1323720103617191114
Karl Fussenegger136331412209173263161015
Wilfred van Werven9242171916
Marko Happich171147261617
Shaun Mallows6192638122118
Chris Etheridge16318282455261218710916183719
Māris Rupeiks16103021
Josef Brustmann1924315141878121414141223
Wolfgang Kühn1053316665139527
Evgeny Scherbinin12531
Stuart Brown199203632
Geert Devoldere18145463835192230821233333
Dietmar Schmid142381511971111273535
Eric Schrijver13226223139
Werner Wittman13236353312172117
Hugo de Vries142341324251191024373728414129
Andreas Fuhrer1249271573631141111
Gunther Gooverts921927118226
Andreas Lenherr106174128227534109
Christoph Hüsser1025511198617112424
Michael Garhammer135133722228752841183629
Marco Bens6111132215520
Eimbert Timmermans82516175351126
Hans Rudolf Herren162192814201599222223233714191937
Walter Netterscheid13617181414492844323221
Jan Bakens132133119221728171725263142
Eddy Ramon4314822
Gilles Mecene9423312521641235
Teddy Morf31131034
Benny Janssen10193010866410216
Parmo Nielsen832818716411917
Hubert Huwyler9614182551051097
Ton van Heugten101741315233361210
Paul Millar73121051462129
August Muller9720864232228
Thomas Graf6131161271413
Rijn van Gastel95211081192610319
Doug Fox921115423164132729
Toni Bens81913231721272431
Hansi Bächtold84827761111
Heinz Franz412620812
Sven Larsen51169163226
Kurt Engelhard4110221129
Reinhard Böhler6151519338
Terry Good53818157611
Daniel van Bellinghem64101298412
Mari Bens42275716
Robert Grogg535651936
Emil Bollhalder4324411
Josef Brockhausen446222
Bruno Schneider113
Cor den Biggelaar117

2000 to present

The seasons of the World Championship since 2000:
DriverSCT0001020304050607080910111213141516
Etienne Bax91821108452221
Valentin Giraud63381361352
Jan Hendrickx1413226975232335343
Daniël Willemsen22101622211111151112194
Stuart Brown19929206559824179131713635
Koen Hermans21156
Marvin Vanluchene21197
Andy Bürgler1354325142064261814108168
Vaclav Rozehnal14826152111957611117589
Gert van Werven4126171210
Jason van Daele52421210711
Ben Adriaenssen725186631114
Daniel Millard823517141015321016
Tomas Cermak11246241718937107182017
Marcel Willemsen15219163213131017112425218392020
Jan Visscher91393015101221121724
Philip Stenborg5233199646
Jarno van den Boomen712661416223526
Jānis Daiders106392412108382114
Māris Rupeiks1610171214916346675497
Henrik Söderqvist1735372617262311201923191411
Joris Hendrickx1018421187841294
Marko Happich17111095725375415818
Evgeny Scherbinin12518139114421830207
Baptiste Bigand6148433525339
Peter Steegmans11521840161112
Nicky Pulinx6120161314912
Eric Schrijver13215181210612171437
Kristers Serģis175121112721932
Bertram Martin7146241410212032
Werner Wittman13217128103132
Josef Brustmann19212171920181811
Geert Devoldere181432937242830
David Barat132814382721
Dietmar Schmid14235473842
Are Kaurit12775443
Benoit Beaumont124131010815
Gunther Gooverts92281825
Wilfred van Werven9226113332
Aivar Korjus64968
Klaus Weinmann16113711
Jacky Janssen11864
Chris Etheridge1632321
Gerton Kops1141122
Alois Wenninger964
Dominik Schoch8114
Wolfgang Kühn10520

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