FIM Sidecar World Championship Assen Sept 19/21
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2025 4:53 am
Timetable
- IMG_5119.jpeg (501.65 KiB) Viewed 61 times
- IMG_5120.jpeg (52.5 KiB) Viewed 61 times
The Place
Sidecars and other things
https://www.steveenglish.com/forum/
FIM Sidecar World Championship Assen Sept 19/21
Page 1 of 1
Re: FIM Sidecar World Championship Assen Sept 19/21
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2025 4:17 pm
Entry list
Re: FIM Sidecar World Championship Assen Sept 19/21
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2025 4:52 pm
Re: FIM Sidecar World Championship Assen Sept 19/21
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2025 4:38 pm
Preview from Mark Walters
Harry Payne and Kevin Rousseau defend slim 2025 FIM Sidecar World Championship lead at Assen
Visiting the TT Circuit Assen for the second round in a row, the sixth and penultimate round of the 2025 FIM Sidecar World Championship this coming weekend (20-21 September) at the fabled ‘Cathedral of Speed’ could prove to be pivotal with reigning champions Harrison Payne (ARS Yamaha) and Kevin Rousseau holding an extremely slender eleven-point lead ahead of British brothers Sam and Thomas Christie (LCR Yamaha).
With the Swiss/German pairing of Markus Schlosser (LCR Yamaha) and Luca Schmidt only another ten points off the pace – and a potential fifty points on the line for any crew that can double up to win both Saturday’s ten-lap Sprint race and Sunday’s sixteen-lap Main race – the top three positions in the championship could be turned upside down over the course of the weekend.
#FIM | #FIMsideCar
Although five-time FIM Sidecar Rider World Champion Pekka Päivärinta (ARS Yamaha) and Adam Christie – the third of the Christie brothers in action this weekend – have scored podium finishes this season, the Finnish/British pairing is a distant fourth and realistically out of title contention, ensuring the focus will be firmly on the three leading crews.
It has been a season of highs and lows for the British/French pairing of Payne and Rousseau who have suffered two mechanical DNFs this year, the first coming at the opening round at Le Mans which gifted an early lead to Schlosser and Schmidt. The reigning champions struck back at Estoril and the Pannónia-Ring with three wins and a second, although after they appeared to restore control with victory in the Sprint race at Most, an engine problem resulted in a second DNF.
When the championship made its first visit of the year to Assen in the middle of August, it was Schlosser and Schmidt who shared the lead with the super-consistent Christie brothers – who have yet to finish a race off the podium this season – but Payne and Rousseau once again fought back.
A dominant double win – only their second of the season – saw them reclaim the championship lead, however with just this weekend’s action and the final round at Oschersleben in Germany on the first weekend of October left on the calendar, there is certainly no room for complacency.
With an impressive entry of twenty crews in action at Assen, the world-famous circuit – that has featured on the FIM Sidecar World Championship every year the series has been staged since 2013 – may feel slightly narrower than normal and solid qualification times will be essential to elevate the title contenders out of the pack and towards the front of the grid for both races.
The points-scoring action from Assen is due to get under way on Saturday (20 September) with the ten-lap Sprint race at 17:25 (local time) with the sixteen-lap Main race scheduled for Sunday (21 September) at 16:20 (local time).
WATCH LIVE
20–21 September – The remaining rounds of the 2025 FIM Sidecar World Championship will be streamed LIVE on FIM-MOTO.TV.
Fans can download the Sportity App and use the password FIMSidecar2025 to access all the latest news.
Harry Payne and Kevin Rousseau defend slim 2025 FIM Sidecar World Championship lead at AssenVisiting the TT Circuit Assen for the second round in a row, the sixth and penultimate round of the 2025 FIM Sidecar World Championship this coming weekend (20-21 September) at the fabled ‘Cathedral of Speed’ could prove to be pivotal with reigning champions Harrison Payne (ARS Yamaha) and Kevin Rousseau holding an extremely slender eleven-point lead ahead of British brothers Sam and Thomas Christie (LCR Yamaha).
With the Swiss/German pairing of Markus Schlosser (LCR Yamaha) and Luca Schmidt only another ten points off the pace – and a potential fifty points on the line for any crew that can double up to win both Saturday’s ten-lap Sprint race and Sunday’s sixteen-lap Main race – the top three positions in the championship could be turned upside down over the course of the weekend.
#FIM | #FIMsideCar
Although five-time FIM Sidecar Rider World Champion Pekka Päivärinta (ARS Yamaha) and Adam Christie – the third of the Christie brothers in action this weekend – have scored podium finishes this season, the Finnish/British pairing is a distant fourth and realistically out of title contention, ensuring the focus will be firmly on the three leading crews.
It has been a season of highs and lows for the British/French pairing of Payne and Rousseau who have suffered two mechanical DNFs this year, the first coming at the opening round at Le Mans which gifted an early lead to Schlosser and Schmidt. The reigning champions struck back at Estoril and the Pannónia-Ring with three wins and a second, although after they appeared to restore control with victory in the Sprint race at Most, an engine problem resulted in a second DNF.
When the championship made its first visit of the year to Assen in the middle of August, it was Schlosser and Schmidt who shared the lead with the super-consistent Christie brothers – who have yet to finish a race off the podium this season – but Payne and Rousseau once again fought back.
A dominant double win – only their second of the season – saw them reclaim the championship lead, however with just this weekend’s action and the final round at Oschersleben in Germany on the first weekend of October left on the calendar, there is certainly no room for complacency.
With an impressive entry of twenty crews in action at Assen, the world-famous circuit – that has featured on the FIM Sidecar World Championship every year the series has been staged since 2013 – may feel slightly narrower than normal and solid qualification times will be essential to elevate the title contenders out of the pack and towards the front of the grid for both races.
The points-scoring action from Assen is due to get under way on Saturday (20 September) with the ten-lap Sprint race at 17:25 (local time) with the sixteen-lap Main race scheduled for Sunday (21 September) at 16:20 (local time).
WATCH LIVE
20–21 September – The remaining rounds of the 2025 FIM Sidecar World Championship will be streamed LIVE on FIM-MOTO.TV. Fans can download the Sportity App and use the password FIMSidecar2025 to access all the latest news.