FIM World Sidecar Championship
Saturday live stream
https://www.youtube.com/live/Q1f5JaANZI ... twqEN45vtF
FIM World Sidecar Championship Assen 15/16/17 August
-
mark_d
- Smashed all the Records
- Posts: 9171
- Joined: Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:45 pm
- D/P/T/M/S: Results guru
- Full Name: Mark Dennis
- Twitter: @MarkDennis2
- Location: Burton Latimer
- Contact:
FIM World Sidecar Championship Assen 15/16/17 August
Results guru
-
mark_d
- Smashed all the Records
- Posts: 9171
- Joined: Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:45 pm
- D/P/T/M/S: Results guru
- Full Name: Mark Dennis
- Twitter: @MarkDennis2
- Location: Burton Latimer
- Contact:
Re: FIM World Sidecar Championship Assen 15/16/17 August
Timetable
- Attachments
-
- IMG_9942.jpeg (320.57 KiB) Viewed 298 times
Results guru
-
mark_d
- Smashed all the Records
- Posts: 9171
- Joined: Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:45 pm
- D/P/T/M/S: Results guru
- Full Name: Mark Dennis
- Twitter: @MarkDennis2
- Location: Burton Latimer
- Contact:
Re: FIM World Sidecar Championship Assen 15/16/17 August
Preview from Mark Walters
Will Assen break the deadlock in 2025 FIM Sidecar World Championship?
Following a break of almost two months, the 2025 FIM Sidecar World Championship resumes this coming weekend (16-17 August) with round five at the world-famous TT Circuit Assen – better known to its fans around the world as the Cathedral of Speed – in the Netherlands.
The first of two scheduled visits this season to the iconic circuit that has staged top-flight racing since 1955, the TT Circuit Assen is ideally suited to Sidecar racing and has featured on the FIM Sidecar World Championship every year the series has been staged since 2013.
With the seven-round series now past the halfway mark, it could not be any tighter at the top of the standings where, after a dramatic fourth round at Most in the Czech Republic in June, Markus Schlosser (Yamaha) and Luca Schmidt are tied on points with British brothers Sam and Thomas Christie (Yamaha) while defending champions Harrison Payne (Yamaha) and Kevin Rousseau are just three points further back.
An incredibly intense start to the season had seen the advantage swing between Schlosser/Schmidt and Britain’s Payne and his French passenger Rousseau before the reigning champions appeared to take command with a dominant victory – their fifth of the season – in Most’s Sprint race.
However, a mechanical issue while leading during the early stages of the following day’s Main race resulted in Payne/Rousseau failing to finish for the second time this year and when Schlosser/Schmidt took full advantage with their third race win of the season, the Swiss/German pairing moved to the top of the points table alongside the British brothers who were third in 2024.
Consistency has proved key so far for the Christie brothers who have yet to win a race this season, but have a one-hundred per cent podium record with five second-placed finishes and three thirds, although they know that victories could prove to be essential if they are to upgrade their bronze medals to gold ones at the end of the year.
While the leading three crews have monopolised most of this year’s podiums, there is so much strength in depth in the chasing pack that no-one can afford to rest on their laurels and there is no shortage of rival crews lining up behind them.
Although a distant fourth in the standings, sixty-nine points behind the leaders, Finnish legend and five-time champion rider Pekka Päivärinta (Yamaha) and his British passenger Adam Christie – the third of the Christie brothers in action this weekend – lead the chasing pack.
The French pairing of Paul Leglise (Yamaha) and Marjorie Cescutti recorded their debut podium together in Most’s Main race and will be aiming to carry this momentum into Assen and although they are not enjoying the greatest of seasons, the British/French pairing of Todd Ellis (Yamaha) and Emanuelle Clement took back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023 and must be considered contenders.
Other crews that could be in contention include the all-British pairing of Kevin Cable (Yamaha) and Charlie Richardson, British rider Rupert Archer (Yamaha) and his Czech passenger Ondřej Sedláček and Germany’s Markus Venus (Yamaha) and his Swiss passenger Thomas Hofer.
The points-scoring action from Assen is due to get under way on Saturday (16 August) with the nine-lap Sprint race at 16:20 (local time) with the sixteen-lap Main race scheduled for Sunday (17 August) at 15:30 (local time).
#FIM | #FIMfamily | #FIMSideCar | #Assen
Will Assen break the deadlock in 2025 FIM Sidecar World Championship?Following a break of almost two months, the 2025 FIM Sidecar World Championship resumes this coming weekend (16-17 August) with round five at the world-famous TT Circuit Assen – better known to its fans around the world as the Cathedral of Speed – in the Netherlands.
The first of two scheduled visits this season to the iconic circuit that has staged top-flight racing since 1955, the TT Circuit Assen is ideally suited to Sidecar racing and has featured on the FIM Sidecar World Championship every year the series has been staged since 2013.
With the seven-round series now past the halfway mark, it could not be any tighter at the top of the standings where, after a dramatic fourth round at Most in the Czech Republic in June, Markus Schlosser (Yamaha) and Luca Schmidt are tied on points with British brothers Sam and Thomas Christie (Yamaha) while defending champions Harrison Payne (Yamaha) and Kevin Rousseau are just three points further back.
An incredibly intense start to the season had seen the advantage swing between Schlosser/Schmidt and Britain’s Payne and his French passenger Rousseau before the reigning champions appeared to take command with a dominant victory – their fifth of the season – in Most’s Sprint race.
However, a mechanical issue while leading during the early stages of the following day’s Main race resulted in Payne/Rousseau failing to finish for the second time this year and when Schlosser/Schmidt took full advantage with their third race win of the season, the Swiss/German pairing moved to the top of the points table alongside the British brothers who were third in 2024.
Consistency has proved key so far for the Christie brothers who have yet to win a race this season, but have a one-hundred per cent podium record with five second-placed finishes and three thirds, although they know that victories could prove to be essential if they are to upgrade their bronze medals to gold ones at the end of the year.
While the leading three crews have monopolised most of this year’s podiums, there is so much strength in depth in the chasing pack that no-one can afford to rest on their laurels and there is no shortage of rival crews lining up behind them.
Although a distant fourth in the standings, sixty-nine points behind the leaders, Finnish legend and five-time champion rider Pekka Päivärinta (Yamaha) and his British passenger Adam Christie – the third of the Christie brothers in action this weekend – lead the chasing pack.
The French pairing of Paul Leglise (Yamaha) and Marjorie Cescutti recorded their debut podium together in Most’s Main race and will be aiming to carry this momentum into Assen and although they are not enjoying the greatest of seasons, the British/French pairing of Todd Ellis (Yamaha) and Emanuelle Clement took back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023 and must be considered contenders.
Other crews that could be in contention include the all-British pairing of Kevin Cable (Yamaha) and Charlie Richardson, British rider Rupert Archer (Yamaha) and his Czech passenger Ondřej Sedláček and Germany’s Markus Venus (Yamaha) and his Swiss passenger Thomas Hofer.
The points-scoring action from Assen is due to get under way on Saturday (16 August) with the nine-lap Sprint race at 16:20 (local time) with the sixteen-lap Main race scheduled for Sunday (17 August) at 15:30 (local time).
#FIM | #FIMfamily | #FIMSideCar | #Assen
Results guru
-
mark_d
- Smashed all the Records
- Posts: 9171
- Joined: Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:45 pm
- D/P/T/M/S: Results guru
- Full Name: Mark Dennis
- Twitter: @MarkDennis2
- Location: Burton Latimer
- Contact:
Re: FIM World Sidecar Championship Assen 15/16/17 August
Qualifying one
- Attachments
-
- IMG_9121.png (379.1 KiB) Viewed 57 times
Results guru
-
mark_d
- Smashed all the Records
- Posts: 9171
- Joined: Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:45 pm
- D/P/T/M/S: Results guru
- Full Name: Mark Dennis
- Twitter: @MarkDennis2
- Location: Burton Latimer
- Contact:
Re: FIM World Sidecar Championship Assen 15/16/17 August
Qualifying one report from Mark Walters
Assen,
Qualifying one.
“Payne and Rousseau set the pace”
Temperatures were still high but there was a little cloud in the sky for Q1 in Assen for the sidecar teams.
Despite having to change an engine between free practice and Q1, Harry Payne and Kevin Rousseau topped the time sheets setting the bench mark for Q2 tomorrow. They did however have a slight problem in Q1, they had a small oil leak but this did not cause any problems for them. This will be an easy fix for the team. Their time was 1;45.180.
Sam and Tom Christie had a good Q1, they did not have any problems and were happy with what they did, and their time was 1:45.643. They will see how things pan out in Q2 tomorrow, if they need to go faster they will be conservative with their tyres, but overall they are happy.
Pekka Paivarinta and Adam Christie are happy with what they have done today, they have had some new parts for their machine and they think these have helped with their lap times. They set a time of 1:45.653.
The fourth fastest time went to Markus Schlosser and Luca Schmidt, this was a 1:46.452. The team are not so happy with this, they made changes to their machine, but they think they may need to go back to the setting they had before, they will work on this.
Todd Ellis and Emmanuelle Clement set the fifth fastest time; this was a 1:47.926. They have been doing work on their machine over the past weeks trying to improve it, things are getting there, they are starting to see the hard work paying off and they are starting to get back with the leading group, but they say they still have work to do.
Paul Leglise and Marjorie Cescutti set the sixth fastest time, a 1:48.703. They are reasonably happy with this; they had no problems with their machine, and are looking for a better time in Q2 tomorrow.
Bennie Streuer and Manon Vissenberg, are having some mapping problems with their machine, but despite this they set a time of 1:48.921. They will be looking to work on this before Q2 tomorrow, otherwise their machine is all good.
Patrick Werkstetter and Valentin Pirat have not had any problems with their machine and are getting back to full fitness after injuries sustained earlier in the season, they set a time of 1:49.266, good for eighth.
Rupert Archer and Ondrej Sedlacek are not so happy with their ninth place time of 1:49.996. They say they are over 1 second slower than their time from last year. They will be looking into this and will see what they can do tomorrow in Q2.
Paul Kirby and Ema Salmon set a time of 1:52.044. They have not had any problems with their machine, and it is Kirby’s first time here so he hopes for more laps and getting their lap time down.
Kevin Cable and Charlie Richardson set a time of 1:52.439, they are hoping to better this in Q2 tomorrow, they are checking over their machine for this, but they too have had no problems with their machine.
Wiggert Kranenburg and Kevin Kolsch set a time of 1:52.726. They are reasonably happy with this and with more track time they will go faster, their machine is all good to go.
Raymond and Calvin Leidekkers are happy with what they have done so far, they are getting used to a new machine and this is the first time they have raced at this level, they hope they can improve tomorrow.
Joni and Tero manninen are having a nightmare day, they did not set a time as they have electrical problems with their machine, they are trying to solve this problem, and hope they will get going tomorrow.
Qualifying 2 will be at 11.40 tomorrow local time.
Assen,
Qualifying one.
“Payne and Rousseau set the pace”
Temperatures were still high but there was a little cloud in the sky for Q1 in Assen for the sidecar teams.
Despite having to change an engine between free practice and Q1, Harry Payne and Kevin Rousseau topped the time sheets setting the bench mark for Q2 tomorrow. They did however have a slight problem in Q1, they had a small oil leak but this did not cause any problems for them. This will be an easy fix for the team. Their time was 1;45.180.
Sam and Tom Christie had a good Q1, they did not have any problems and were happy with what they did, and their time was 1:45.643. They will see how things pan out in Q2 tomorrow, if they need to go faster they will be conservative with their tyres, but overall they are happy.
Pekka Paivarinta and Adam Christie are happy with what they have done today, they have had some new parts for their machine and they think these have helped with their lap times. They set a time of 1:45.653.
The fourth fastest time went to Markus Schlosser and Luca Schmidt, this was a 1:46.452. The team are not so happy with this, they made changes to their machine, but they think they may need to go back to the setting they had before, they will work on this.
Todd Ellis and Emmanuelle Clement set the fifth fastest time; this was a 1:47.926. They have been doing work on their machine over the past weeks trying to improve it, things are getting there, they are starting to see the hard work paying off and they are starting to get back with the leading group, but they say they still have work to do.
Paul Leglise and Marjorie Cescutti set the sixth fastest time, a 1:48.703. They are reasonably happy with this; they had no problems with their machine, and are looking for a better time in Q2 tomorrow.
Bennie Streuer and Manon Vissenberg, are having some mapping problems with their machine, but despite this they set a time of 1:48.921. They will be looking to work on this before Q2 tomorrow, otherwise their machine is all good.
Patrick Werkstetter and Valentin Pirat have not had any problems with their machine and are getting back to full fitness after injuries sustained earlier in the season, they set a time of 1:49.266, good for eighth.
Rupert Archer and Ondrej Sedlacek are not so happy with their ninth place time of 1:49.996. They say they are over 1 second slower than their time from last year. They will be looking into this and will see what they can do tomorrow in Q2.
Paul Kirby and Ema Salmon set a time of 1:52.044. They have not had any problems with their machine, and it is Kirby’s first time here so he hopes for more laps and getting their lap time down.
Kevin Cable and Charlie Richardson set a time of 1:52.439, they are hoping to better this in Q2 tomorrow, they are checking over their machine for this, but they too have had no problems with their machine.
Wiggert Kranenburg and Kevin Kolsch set a time of 1:52.726. They are reasonably happy with this and with more track time they will go faster, their machine is all good to go.
Raymond and Calvin Leidekkers are happy with what they have done so far, they are getting used to a new machine and this is the first time they have raced at this level, they hope they can improve tomorrow.
Joni and Tero manninen are having a nightmare day, they did not set a time as they have electrical problems with their machine, they are trying to solve this problem, and hope they will get going tomorrow.
Qualifying 2 will be at 11.40 tomorrow local time.
Results guru