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2005 Sidecarcross world championship season
Season
Grand Prix	11
Start date	17 April
End date	25 September
Drivers
Champions	Daniël Willemsen Sven Verbrugge
Sidecarcross des Nations	Latvia
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
2004	2006

The 2005 FIM Sidecarcross world championship started on 17 April and finished after eleven race weekends on 18 September 2005 with Daniël Willemsen taking out the title once more.

Overview

The 2005 season was the 26th edition of the sidcarcross world championship. It resulted in a fourth world championship for Daniël Willemsen, his third in a row and his first with his passenger Sven Verbrugge from Belgium. The runners-up spot went to Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis who had a good start to the season and lead the classement in the early stages, the five-time world champion Sergis improving on last seasons disappointing seventh place. Third place also went to Latvia with Maris Rupeiks / Haralds Kurpnieks but the two were never in the race for the championship. Except for the top two, no other team managed to win a race this season.

The eleven races of the season were held in eight countries, Spain, Croatia, Bulgaria, Netherlands, France (2x), Germany (2x), Belgium and Latvia (2x).

Final standings

The final standings in the overall table of the 2005 season were:

Position	Team	Equipment	Points	Wins	2nd	3rd
1	Daniël Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Zabel-VMC	478	15	4	—
2	Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis	MTH-BSU	440	7	12	1
3	Maris Rupeiks / Haralds Kurpnieks	KTM-AYR	317	—	1	6
4	Evgeny Scherbinin / Sergei Sosnovskikh	MTH-APZ	299	—	3	4
5	Marco Happich / Meinrad Schelbert / Sandro Michelotto	Zabel-VMC	274	—	—	5
6	Jarno van den Boomen / Henry van de Wiel	MTH-BSU	262	—	—	4
7	Jan Hendrickx / Tim Smeunix / Ludo Somers / Alco van de Ketterij	MTH-BSU	223	—	—	—
8	Joris Hendrickx / Eli Piccart / Roger van de Lagemaat	MTH-BSU	198	—	—	—
9	Stuart Brown / Jason Peters / Marc Cooper	Zabel-VMC	197	—	2	—
10	Werner Wittmann / Premysl Novotny	Zabel-AYR	184	—	—	2
11	Vaclav Rozehnal / Marek Rozehnal	Zabel-VMC	175	—	—	—
12	Eric Schrijver / Christian Verhagen	MTH-VMC	173	—	—	—
13	Marcel Willemsen / Bart Notten	KTM-VMC	132	—	—	—
14	John Watson / Mark Watson	Zabel-BSU	126	—	—	—
15	Ulrich Müller / Reto Grütter	Kawasaki-VMC	126	—	—	—
16	Nicky Pulinx / Bruno Kaelin / Martijn Geerdink / Ludo Somers	KTM-VMC	107	—	—	—
17	Tomas Cermak / Ondrej Cermak	JAWA-VMC	102	—	—	—
18	Josef Brustmann / Stefan Urich / Alco van de Ketterij / Bruno Kaelin	KTM-NMP	100	—	—	—
19	Martin Walter / Andre Saam	Zabel-VMC	98	—	—	—
20	Andy Burgler / Martin Betschart	KTM-VMC	80	—	—	—
21	David Barat / Francis Blanco / Marco Goldau	Zabel-VMC	79	—	—	—
22	Carlo van Duijnhoven / Tom van Duijnhoven	MTH-VMC	58	—	—	—
23	Patrick Fagerberg / Daniel Fagerberg	KTM-Ayr	58	—	—	—
24	Janis Daiders / Lauris Daiders	MTH-BSU	51	—	—	—
25	John Lyne / Colin Dunkley	Zabel-VMC	51	—	—	—
26	Henrik Söderqvist / Tobias Sylvan	Husaberg-VMC	49	—	—	—
27	Thijs Derks / Roy Derks	Husaberg-BSU	49	—	—	—
28	Geert Devoldere / Herve Allier / Juregen Hulsmans / Joel Bequillard	Honda-EML	40	—	—	—
29	Kristof Santermans / Stefan Coeck / Patrick Nieuwenhuizen	Yamaha-VMC	38	—	—	—
30	Boudewijn Gommeren / Bart Verbrugge	KTM-AYR	34	—	—	—
31	Frank Hofman / Ludo Somers	Zabel-VMC	33	—	—	—
32	Jean Marie Ains / Bernard Jayet	Zabel-VMC	26	—	—	—
33	Johnny Bethis / Charlie Begaud	Zabel-VMC	25	—	—	—
34	Alvis Tribockis / Mario Kirilko	MTH-VMC	18	—	—	—
35	Johan Smit / Gertie Eggink	Zabel-BSU	16	—	—	—
36	Maikel Kuster / Wilfried Keuben	Zabel-VMC	13	—	—	—
37	Marcel Grondman / Martijn Geerdink / Clemens Grondman	Zabel-VMC	13	—	—	—
38	Imantas Tamuliunas / Egidijus Karaliunas	KTM-BSU	12	—	—	—
39	Andrus Vaks / Raimo Kaul	KTM-AYR	12	—	—	—
40	Scott Wilkinson / Gary Burt	Zabel-VMC	12	—	—	—
41	Argo Poldsaar / Tonu Handsar	MTH-AYR	12	—	—	—
42	Wim Janssen / Henk Roenhorst	Zabel-BSU	11	—	—	—
43	Michael Poirier / Edouard Cherau	Zabel-VMC	10	—	—	—
44	David Surcin / Landry Tessier	Zabel-VMC	10	—	—	—
45	Jens Bochmann / Stefan Progscha	Zabel-AYR	9	—	—	—
46	Patrick Greup / Peter Holleman	KTM-VMC	8	—	—	—
47	Jürgen Blank / Rainer Semet	Zabel-VMC	6	—	—	—
48	Baptiste Bigand / Julien Bigand	MTH-AYR	5	—	—	—
49	Willie Liebel/ Vaclav Hotovy	MEFO-VMC	3	—	—	—
50	Stuart Lines / Michael Stones	KTM-VMC	3	—	—	—
51	Andreas Clohse / Guido Schlabertz	Zabel-VMC	3	—	—	—
52	Dietmar Schmid / Marco Godau	KTM-AYR	2	—	—	—
53	Serge Ivanov / Atho Jalas	KTM-AYR	1	—	—	—
54	Herve Boursaud / Guennady Auvray	KTM-VMC	1	—	—	—

• Equipment listed is motor and frame.
• Some drivers used more than one passenger during the season. Where there are more than one passenger shown, they are in the order of races they have taken part in with this driver.

Calendar

The 2005 season had twentytwo races:

Date	Place	Race number	Winner Race 1	Winner Race 2	Overall GP winner
17 April	Talavera de la Reina	1 + 2	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis	Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
1 May	Sevlievo	3 + 4	Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis	Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis	Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
8 May	Zabok	5 + 6	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis	Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
29 May	Halle	7 + 8	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
5 June	Brou	9 + 10	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
10 July	Cēsis	11 + 12	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
17 July	Neeroeteren	13 + 14	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
31 July	Reutlingen	15 + 16	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
21 August	Ķegums	17 + 18	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge
11 September	Dardon Gueugnon	19 + 20	Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis	Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis	Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
18 September	Rudersberg	21 + 22	Daniel Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis	Kristers Sergis / Kaspars Stupelis
25 September	Jauer	N/A	not a championship event	not a championship event	Latvia

• The last event on the list is the Sidecarcross des Nations, a team competition which is not part of the world championship as such.
• Passengers in italics.

Format

Every Grand Prix weekend is split into two races, both held on the same day. This means, the 2005 season with its eleven Grand Prix had twentytwo races. Each race was 30 minutes plus 2 rounds long.

Teams go through a qualifying, usually on Saturday. Typically, around 50 teams compete for 30 spots on the starting grid, meaning around 20 teams miss out on the race altogether. Some teams did not actually get a race start all season, failing in qualifying each time.

Teams consist of a driver and a passenger, however, the drivers can and do exchange passengers during the season, often due to injury. An exchange of passenger does not affect the points a team has won up till then. Driver and passenger do not have to be from the same country either.

The first twenty teams of each race scored competition points, allocated accordingly to the following system:

Sources

• The World Championship on Sidecarcross.com
• The John Davey Grand Prix Pages - Results of all GP's up until 2006