European Grasstrack Sidecar Championship

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European Grasstrack Sidecar Championship
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CategoryMotorcycle Racing
CountryVarious
RegionEurope
Inaugural season1980
Riders' champion2019: William Matthijssen & Sandra Mollema

The European Grasstrack Sidecar Championship is a motorcycle event and is organised by Union Européenne de Motocyclisme. The first championship took place in 1980 at Melsungen, West Germany. It has run every year since except for 2015 as it was cancelled due to Stefan Muller losing his life in practice. The most successful nation is Germany. The European Solo Grasstrack Championship start in 1978.

The championships are run for 500cc Sidecars only and to qualify for the Final there are semi-finals. From 1980 there were two semi-finals and from 2012 there has been just one semi with the others qualifying automatically through there domestic championships. The first ever semi-final took place at Assen in the Netherlands on 19 April 1980. The first winners were the West German team of Otto Bauer and Peter Stiegelbrunner, second were England's Rob Stoneman and Rowland Broomfield and another West German team took third on the podium Harald Haus and Dietmar Haus.

The sport is popular in Germany, the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom although there have been teams from Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Russia also.

Most successful

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Thomas Kunert is the most successful rider. He has taken the title on at eleven occasions and he also has five second and one third. He also holds the record for semi-final wins with 19. Kunert won a semi-final in every year from 1994 to 2007.

Medalists

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Year Venue First Second Third
1980 Germany Melsungen Germany Otto Bauer & Peter Stiegelbrunner Germany Egon Waller & Edgar Starke Germany Michael Datzmann & Rosamunde Datzmann
1981 Netherlands Assen Germany Michael Datzmann & Rosamunde Datzmann Germany Heinz Pagel & Hans Werner Kempa Germany Otto Bauer & Peter Stiegelbrunner
1982 Germany Schwarme Germany Michael Datzmann & Rosamunde Datzmann Germany Heinz Pagel & Jurgen Zaddach Germany Rudolf Meyer & Diter Held
1983 Netherlands Assen Germany Michael Datzmann & Rosamunde Datzmann Germany Michael Lippmann & Willi Ganss Germany Heinz Pagel & Jurgen Zaddach
1984 Germany Berghaupten Germany Michael Datzmann & Rosamunde Datzmann Germany Heinz Pagel & Jurgen Zaddach Germany Ulrich Wehrle & Stefan Rufat
1985 Netherlands Kuinre Germany Heinz Pagel & Jurgen Zaddach Germany Ewald Heim & Robert Heim Germany Karl Keil & Joachim Reeg
1986 Germany Bad Waldsee Germany Josef Onderka & Franz Onderka Germany Karl Keil & Reiner Ganster Germany Heinz Pagel & Herbert Bucker
1987 France Valence Germany Josef Onderka & Franz Onderka Switzerland Hans Bolliger & Bernhard Gloor Germany Karl Keil & Reiner Ganster
1988 Germany Celle Germany Karl Keil & Joachim Reeg Germany Josef Onderka & Franz Onderka Netherlands Marco Glorie & Erik van Dijk
1989 Germany Berghaupten Germany Josef Onderka & Josef Feigl Switzerland Hans Bolliger & Bernhard Gloor Germany Karl Keil & Joachim Reeg
1990 Germany Haunstetten Germany Josef Onderka & Robert Wolf Germany Karl Keil & Joachim Reeg Germany Bernd Soger & Heinz Brandt
1991 Netherlands Eenrum Germany Josef Onderka & Robert Wolf Germany Karl Keil & Joachim Reeg Germany Eward Heim & Robert Heim
1992 Germany Berghaupten Germany Josef Onderka & Walter Huber Germany Thomas Kunert & Josef Feigl France Laurent Sambarrey & Lionel Sambarrey
1993 Germany Harsewinkel Germany Karl Keil & Joachim Reeg Germany Josef Onderka & Josef Feigl Netherlands Marco Glorie & Harry Drenth
1994 Netherlands Lattrop Netherlands Marco Glorie & Harry Drenth Germany Karl Keil & Joachim Reeg Germany Eward Heim & Robert Heim
1995 Germany Melsungen Germany Thomas Kunert & Wolfgang Maier Germany Peter Murmann & Stefan Muller Netherlands Marco Glorie & Harry Drenth
1996 Netherlands Eenrum Germany Thomas Kunert & Marco Hundsrucker Germany Josef Onderka & Uwe Kuhberger France Jacues Leduc & Michel Gorget
1997 Germany Melsungen Germany Josef Onderka & Uwe Kuhberger Germany Thomas Kunert & Marco Hundsrucker Germany Oswald Bischoff & Mario Siebert
1998 France Morizes Germany Josef Onderka & Uwe Kuhberger Germany Thomas Kunert & Hermann Bacher Germany Oswald Bischoff & Mario Siebert
1999 Germany Vechta Germany Thomas Kunert & Hermann Bacher Germany Josef Onderka & Uwe Kuhberger Germany Oswald Bischoff & Mario Siebert
2000 Netherlands Lattrop Germany Josef Onderka & Martin Wamprechtshammer Germany Thomas Kunert & Hermann Bacher Netherlands Marco Glorie & Harry Drenth
2001 Germany Melsungen Germany Thomas Kunert & Marco Hundsrucker Germany Oswald Bischoff & Mario Siebert Netherlands Marco Glorie & Harry Drenth
2002 Netherlands Siddeburen Germany Josef Onderka & Martin Wamprechtshammer Netherlands William Matthijsen & Erwin Boers Germany Thomas Kunert & Markus Eibl
2003 Germany Angenrod Germany Thomas Kunert & Hermann Bacher Germany Oswald Bischoff & Rainer Falter Netherlands William Matthijsen & Erwin Boers
2004 England High Easter Germany Thomas Kunert & Bernd Kreuzer Netherlands Tjeerd Hoekstra & Henk Auwema Netherlands William Matthijsen & Nathalie Matthijssen
2005 Netherlands Siddeburen Netherlands Sven Holstein & Desiree Daubert Netherlands William Matthijsen & Nathalie Matthijssen Netherlands Mark Detz & Gerald Eelding
2006 Germany Melsungen Germany Thomas Kunert & Bernd Kreuzer Germany Markus Brandhofer & Helmut Beller Germany Karl Keil & Berit Tralau
2007 Netherlands Eenrum Netherlands William Matthijsen & Nathalie Matthijssen Germany Markus Venus & Florian Niedermeier Netherlands Sven Holstein & Desiree Daubert
2008 Germany Bielefeld Germany Thomas Kunert & Markus Eibl Netherlands William Matthijsen & Nathalie Matthijssen Germany Stefan Brandhofer & Marco Hundsrucker
2009 England Wimborne Netherlands William Matthijsen & Nathalie Matthijssen Germany Thomas Kunert & Markus Eibl Netherlands Markus Brandhofer & Corinna Gunthor
2010 Netherlands Uithuizen Germany Thomas Kunert & Markus Eibl Netherlands William Matthijssen & Sandra Mollema Netherlands Sven Holstein & Anthony Goodwin England
2011 Netherlands Noordwolde Netherlands William Matthijssen & Nathalie Matthijssen Netherlands Mark Detz & Bonita van Dijk Germany Stefan Brandhofer & Daniel Eibl
2012 Germany Werlte Germany Thomas Kunert & Markus Eibl Germany Markus Venus & Markus Heiss Germany Stefan Brandhofer & Daniel Eibl
2013 Netherlands Loppersum Germany Thomas Kunert & Markus Eibl Netherlands William Matthijssen & Nathalie Stellingwerf France Christophe Grenier & Gerben Sanders Netherlands
2014 England High Easter United Kingdom Josh Goodwin & Liam Brown United Kingdom Nick Radley & Abi Radley Germany Markus Venus & Markus Heiss
2015 Germany Hertingen Cancelled[1]
2016 Netherlands Vries Netherlands William Matthijssen & Sandra Mollema Germany Markus Venus & Markus Heiss Germany Markus Brandhofer & Michael Zapf
2017 France Tayac Netherlands William Matthijssen & Sandra Mollema Germany Markus Brandhofer & Tim Scheunemann Germany Markus Venus & Markus Heiss
2018 Germany Wertle Netherlands William Matthijssen & Sandra Mollema United Kingdom Mitch Godden & Paul Smith Germany Markus Venus & Markus Heiss
2019 Netherlands Eenrum Netherlands William Matthijssen & Sandra Mollema Germany Markus Venus & Markus Heis United Kingdom Mitch Godden & Paul Smith
2020 File:Flag placeholder.svg Cancelled
2021 File:Flag placeholder.svg Cancelled
2022 Netherlands Eenrum Germany Markus Venus & Markus Eibl United Kingdom Mitch Godden & Paul Smith Netherlands Wilfred Detz & Wendy Arling
2023 Germany Bad-Hersfeld Germany Markus Brandhofer & Sandra Mollema United Kingdom Mitch Godden & Paul Smith Netherlands Wilfred Detz & Bonita Van Dijk
2024 Netherlands Uithuizen Germany Markus Venus & Markus Eyebal United Kingdom Mitch Godden & Paul Smith France G Comblon & B Comblon
2025 Germany Haunstetton Germany Markus Venus & Markus Eyebal United Kingdom Mitch Godden & Paul Smith France G Comblon & B Comblon

Driver champions

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Country Passenger First Second Third Podium
Germany Kunert, Thomas 11 5 1 16
Germany Onderka, Josef 10 4 0 14
Netherlands Matthijssen, William 7 5 2 14
Germany Datzmann, Michael 4 0 1 5
Germany Venus, Markus 3 4 3 10
Germany Keil, Karl 2 4 4 10
Germany Pagel, Heinz 1 3 2 6
Germany Brandhofer, Markus 1 2 2 5
Netherlands Glorie, Marco 1 0 5 6
Netherlands Holstein, Sven 1 0 2 3
Germany Bauer, Otto 1 0 1 2
United Kingdom Goodwin, Josh 1 0 0 1
United Kingdom Godden, Mitch 0 5 1 6
Germany Bischoff, Oswald 0 2 3 5
Switzerland Bolliger, Hans 0 2 0 2
Germany Heim, Ewald 0 1 2 3
Netherlands Detz, Wilfred 0 0 2 2
Netherlands Detz, Mark 0 1 1 2
Germany Waller, Egon 0 1 0 1
Germany Lippmann, Michael 0 1 0 1
Germany Murmann, Peter 0 1 0 1
Netherlands Hoekstra, Tjeerd 0 1 0 1
United Kingdom Radley, Nick 0 1 0 1
Germany Brandhofer, Stefan 0 0 3 3
France Comblon, Guillaume 0 0 2 2
Germany Meyer, Rudolf 0 0 1 1
Germany Wehrle, Ulrich 0 0 1 1
Germany Soger, Bernd 0 0 1 1
France Sambarrey, Laurent 0 0 1 1
France Leduc, Jacues 0 0 1 1
France Grenier, Christophe 0 0 1 1

Passenger champions

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Country Passenger First Second Third Podium
Germany Eibl, Markus 7 1 1 9
Germany Datzmann, Rosamunde 4 0 1 5
Netherlands Matthijssen (Stellingwerf), Nathalie 3 3 1 7
Netherlands Mollema, Sandra 5 1 0 6
Germany Reeg, Joachim 2 3 2 7
Germany Kuhberger, Uwe 2 2 0 4
Germany Bacher, Hermann 2 2 0 4
Germany Onderka, Franz 2 1 3 6
Germany Hundsrucker, Marco 2 1 1 4
Germany Wolf, Robert 2 0 0 2
Germany Wamprechtshammer, Martin 2 0 0 2
Germany Kreuzer, Bernd 2 0 0 2
Germany Zaddach, Jurgen 1 2 1 4
Germany Feigl, Josef 1 2 0 3
Netherlands Drenth, Harry 1 0 4 5
Netherlands Daubert, Desiree 1 0 1 2
Germany Stiegelbrunner, Peter 1 0 1 2
Germany Huber, Walter 1 0 0 1
Germany Maier, Wolfgang 1 0 0 1
United Kingdom Brown, Liam 1 0 0 1
United Kingdom Smith, Paul 0 5 1 6
Germany Heiss, Markus 0 3 2 5
Switzerland Gloor, Bernhard 0 2 0 2
Germany Siebert, Mario 0 1 3 4
Germany Heim, Robert 0 1 2 3
Netherlands Boers, Erwin 0 1 1 2
Netherlands van Dijk, Bonita 0 1 1 2
Germany Starke, Edgar 0 1 0 1
Germany WernerKempa, Hans 0 1 0 1
Germany Ganss, Willi 0 1 0 1
Germany Ganster, Reiner 0 1 1 1
Germany Muller, Stefan 0 1 0 1
Germany Falter, Rainer 0 1 0 1
Netherlands Auwema, Henk 0 1 0 1
Germany Beller, Helmut 0 1 0 1
Germany Niedermeier, Florian 0 1 0 1
United Kingdom Radley, Abi 0 1 0 1
Germany Scheunemann, Tim 0 1 0 1
France Comblon, Baptiste 0 0 2 2
Germany Eibl, Daniel 0 0 2 2
Netherlands Arling, Wendy 0 0 1 1
Germany Held, Diter 0 0 1 1
Germany Rufat, Stefan 0 0 1 1
Germany Bucker, Herbert 0 0 1 1
Netherlands van Dijk, Erik 0 0 1 1
Germany Brandt, Heinz 0 0 1 1
France Sambarrey, Lionel 0 0 1 1
France Gorget, Michel 0 0 1 1
Netherlands Eelding, Gerald 0 0 1 1
Germany Tralau, Berit 0 0 1 1
Netherlands Gunthor, Corinna 0 0 1 1
United Kingdom Goodwin, Anthony 0 0 1 1
Netherlands Sanders, Gerben 0 0 1 1
Germany Zapf, Michael 0 0 1 1

Results by country

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Team First Second Third Podium
Team Driver Passenger Driver Passenger Driver Passenger Total
Germany Germany 32 34 27 27 24 24 168
Netherlands Netherlands 10 8 7 7 13 13 58
England England 1 1 5 5 1 2 15
France France 0 0 0 0 4 3 7
Switzerland Switzerland 0 0 2 2 0 0 4

Medal percentage

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Country Percentage
Germany Germany 67.48
Netherlands Netherlands 23.58
England England 5.28
France France 2.03
Switzerland Switzerland 1.63

European Solo Championship

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The European Solo Grasstrack championship first ran in 1978.

References

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