iinteresting article translated from Speedweek regarding Sidecar World Championships rules for next year

[Malcolm]

German Speed ​​Week is the rules
By Helmut Ohner - 26/07/2016 06:54
On August 8, the Sidecar World Championship enters the race at Assen in the decisive phase. The new rules for the period after 2016 is on the home straight.
With Assen, Oschersleben (two runs) and Donington are only four races on the program, then the era of the 1000 cc motor is in the sidecar World Cup history. After only aggregates may still be used with a maximum of 600 cc.

In the last two years there have been accidents in the sidecar race, ending often with serious injuries. This was not unnoticed by the person in charge of the supreme sports authority. "The focus of the teams with 1,000 cc engines is too high," white Ralph Bohnhorst, formerly a successful sidecar pilot.
"It is clear to me that it is a big turning point for the team, but this rule change is inevitable, in our view, to ensure the safety", the winner of the World Cup race founded on the Hockenheimring in 1991 and those of the present Member of the Road Racing Committee of the FIM this controversial among some driver decision.
"Most drivers have now resigned to the situation. The regulations should be ready prepared to 99.99 percent for the German Speed ​​Week in late August in Oschersleben. The decision is to take place in September at the meeting of the Road Racing Commission. "
"Our focus is the way also on the costs. Thus, the motors can not be tuned in contrast to the Tourist Trophy. A minimum weight for car plus side occupation is talking. It should be prevented that light and therefore extremely expensive materials are used, "says Bohnhorst.
"To make it clear again, we do not want to annoy the team, but to increase the safety of rider and passenger. We will not see the one or other team in the future in the World Cup course that is regrettable, but there is no turning back! "

[Malcolm]

Same bikes higher corner speed safe ?

[kew]

"The person in charge of the supreme sports authority" has obviously taken all points into consideration.
The shortage of 600cc engines will be sorted by using another type of engine that will still be in production, the 650 twin seems a good proposition as they are readily available and are even less powerfull than the 600s.
The safety aspect is very important and the use of a smaller engine will make the sport a lot safer as the engines will blow up more readily therefore having less outfits on the track to have accidents.
You know it makes sense.

[oldbelly]

Like I've already said the riders can kill this stone dead. Let's see how many sheep we have in our sport.

[oldbelly]

Or how many have a spine

[Belly]

Another variation of 600cc sidecars!! Pmsl... The powers that be are either ignorant or have no idea...

Anyone who watched snetterton with the only competitive 600 long bike and thinks a grid full of those is safe needs to have a word... Its the first form of motorsport to ever think increasing corner speed makes things safer!

[Malcolm]

MY REPLY TO THE ABOVE BUT IT MIGHT NOT GET PUBLISHED

As a Previous Co Promoter of the FIM Superside World Championship and Tyre Supplier to the Championship for 20 years I will make some constructive comments to the article from Ralf Bohnhorst regarding proposed rule changes that could be sanctioned in September by the FIM Road Race Committee.

The article makes reference to safety relating from previous accidents that have occurred to the sidecar competitors, leading to the necessity to lower the engine capacity to 600cc this is a complete fallicy as these accidents have not been down to the 1000cc engines that are used.
The Birchall brothers have been contesting the new style proposed sidecar outfit during this years World Championship and other events and has clearly showed that whilst marginally slower down the straights the corner speed is higher resulting in even them seasoned complainers spinning out through the corner.

Then the next remark on regulation change was made about costs, but to change to the new proposed rules would be extremely high, and with the dwindling world market sales of the 600cc motorcycle market with some of the worlds bike manufactures 600cc bikes not reaching the new EU laws the manufacture of these bikes and there sales is nearly non existent, meaning engine supply will become very hard to find regulation relevant engines, and will slowly become at a premium price purely due to lack of engine availability.

The world of F1 sidecars in the main are 1000cc surely would not the answer be in the question for cost to allow the 1000cc machines as they are to compete with Exhaust Port Restrictors these could be manufactured, colour anodised, FIM stamp marked, and held by FIM technical control being handed out each meeting to the competitors during competitors technical control this way the bikes as they are can still compete with small costs for necessary changes, also the restrictor size can be altered each year to increase or decrease the power at the discretion of the FIM.

The question over the weight regulation of the machine then does not have to be altered.

[Kickaha]

resulting in even them seasoned complainers.

Do they tend to whine a bit then ?