World Championship Round one Sachsenring 12/13/14 May.
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 9:06 am
Timetable
FIM Sidecar: Just under four handfuls of teams on the grid
There are exactly two weeks to go until the opening round of the International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM) at the Sachsenring. The countdown is on and the field of riders in the FIM Sidecar World Championship is now also peppered with big names.
The dream team Todd Ellis/Emanuelle Clement has geared up for the World Championship title defence. The British-French pair already took part in the first Scottish Sidecar Festival in East Fortune in mid-April and met their rivals Stephen Kershaw and Ryan Charlwood there – the eventual race winners. Both raced in their own league and one eyewitness reported that he had never seen a sidecar or solo bike go through the „Hannah’s“ corner. The pre-season result has nothing to say yet, except: It will definitely be exciting at the top of the world championship. Kershaw/Charlwood are last year’s overall bronze medallists and, in purely mathematical terms, are now closest to Ellis/Clement. Vice-man Markus Schlosser has hung up his helmet.
The Swiss Lukas Wyssen/Thomas Hofer, on the other hand, in fourth place, were also only 14 points behind Kershaw/Charlwood. And what will come from multi-world champion Tim Reeves, who has recently concentrated on the IDM and has now teamed up again with his ex-co-driver Mark Wilkes? And where do the previous IDM teams find themselves at all, all of whom now automatically take part in the World Championship? How far will the German champions Josef Sattler/Luca Schmidt get? The cards in the FIM Sidecar World Championship have been completely redistributed. Motor Presse Stuttgart as the new promoter will bring new momentum to the series.
19 teams have signed up. On Friday, 12 May 2023, training sessions and the first qualifying session will take place at the Sachsenring. On Saturday, 13 May 2023, the final qualifying and a sprint race will be held. It will be over eleven laps. The main race on Sunday will have 20 laps.
The 2023 starting list
#6 Todd Ellis (GBR)/Emanuelle Clement (FRA), LCR F1
#9 Claude Vinet (FRA)/Christophe Darras (FRA), LCR F1
#10 John Holden (GBR), Ashley Hawes (GBR), ARS F1
#11 Peter Kimeswenger (AUT)/Ondrej Sedlacek (CZE), LCR F1
#16 Ben Birchall (GBR)/Tom Birchall (GBR), LCR F1
#19 Markus Schwegler (DEU)/Ondrej Kopecky (CZE), LCR F1
#21 Bennie Streuer (NLD)/Kevin Kölsch (DEU), ARS F1
#29 Stephen Kershaw (GBR)/Ryan Charlwood (GBR), LCR F1
#33 Max Zimmermann (DEU)/Ronja Mahl (DEU), ARS F 1
#34 Sam Christie (GBR)/Tom Christie (GBR), LCR F1
#35 Josef Sattler (DEU)/Luca Schmidt (DEU), ARS F1
#42 Lennard Göttlich (DEU)/Lucas Krieg (DEU), ARS F1
#44 Pekka Päivärinta (FIN)/Ilse de Haas (NLD), LCR F1
#45 Harry Payne (GBR)/Kevin Rousseau (FRA), ARS F1
#55 Janez Remse (SLO)/Manfred Wechselberger (AUT), ARS F1
#70 Rupert Archer (GBR)/Adam Christie (GBR), ARS F1
#74 Ted Peugeot (FRA)/Vincent Peugoet (FRA), LCR F1
#77 Tim Reeves (GBR)/Mark Wilkes (GBR), ARS F 1
#111 Kevin Cable (GBR)/Charlie Richardson (GBR), LCR F1
Source
ANKE WIECZOREK 29. APRIL 2023
IDM website