European Grasstrack Sidecar Championship

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European Grasstrack Sidecar Championship

Category	Motorcycle Racing
Country	Various
Region	Europe
Inaugural season	1980
Riders' champion	2019:

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 championship are run for 500cc Sidecars only and to qualify for the Final there are semi-finmals. 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 , second were England's and and another West German team took third on the podium and .

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[]

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[]

Year	Venue	First	Second	Third
1980	Melsungen	Otto Bauer &	&	&
1981	Assen	&	&	Otto Bauer &
1982	Schwarme	&	&	&
1983	Assen	&	&	&
1984	Berghaupten	&	&	&
1985	Kuinre	&	&	&
1986	Bad Waldsee	&	&	&
1987	Valence	&	&	&
1988	Celle	&	&	&
1989	Berghaupten	&	&	&
1990	Haunstetten	& Robert Wolf	&	& Heinz Brandt
1991	Eenrum	& Robert Wolf	&	&
1992	Berghaupten	& Walter Huber	&	&
1993	Harsewinkel	&	&	&
1994	Lattrop		&	&
1995	Melsungen	& Wolfgang Maier	& Stefan Muller	&
1996	Eenrum	&	&	&
1997	Melsungen	&	&	&
1998	Morizes	&	&	&
1999	Vechta	&	&	&
2000	Lattrop	&	&	&
2001	Melsungen	&	&	&
2002	Siddeburen	&	&	&
2003		&	&	&
2004	High Easter	&	&	&
2005	Siddeburen	&	&	&
2006	Melsungen	&	&	&
2007	Eenrum	&	&	&
2008	Bielefeld	&	&	&
2009	Wimborne	&	&	&
2010	Uithuizen	&	&	&
2011	Noordwolde	&	&	&
2012	Werlte	&	&	&
2013	Loppersum	&	&	&
2014	High Easter	Josh Goodwin & Liam Brown	&	&
2015		Cancelled
2016	Vries	&	&	&
2017	Tayac	&	&	&
2018		&	Mitch Godden & Paul Smith	&
2019	Eenrum	&	&	Mitch Godden & Paul Smith
2020		Cancelled

Driver Champions[]

Country	Passenger	First	Second	Third	Podium
		11	5	1	16
		10	4	0	14
		7	5	2	14
		4	0	1	5
		2	4	4	10
		1	3	2	6
		1	0	5	6
		1	0	2	3
	Bauer, Otto	1	0	1	2
		1	0	0	1
		0	4	3	7
		0	2	3	5
		0	2	2	3
		0	2	0	2
		0	1	2	3
		0	1	1	2
	Godden, Mitch	0	1	1	2
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	0	3	3
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1

Passenger Champions[]

Country	Passenger	First	Second	Third	Podium
		4	1	1	6
		4	0	1	5
		3	3	1	7
		4	1	0	5
		2	3	2	7
		2	2	0	4
		2	2	0	4
		2	1	3	6
		2	1	1	4
	Wolf, Robert	2	0	0	2
		2	0	0	2
		2	0	0	2
		1	2	1	4
		1	2	0	3
		1	0	4	5
		1	0	1	2
		1	0	1	2
	Huber, Walter	1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
		0	3	2	5
		0	2	0	2
		0	1	3	4
		0	1	2	3
		0	1	1	2
	Smith, Paul	0	1	1	2
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	1	1
	Muller, Stefan	0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	0	2	2
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
	Brandt, Heinz	0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1

Results by country[]

Team	First		Second		Third		Podium
Team	Driver	Passenger	Driver	Passenger	Driver	Passenger	Total
Germany	29	31	27	27	24	24	162
Netherlands	10	8	7	7	11	11	54
England	1	1	4	2	0	1	9
Switzerland	0	0	2	2	0	0	4
France	0	0	0	0	3	2	5

Medal percentage[]

Country	Percentage
Germany	71.2
Netherlands	22.2
England	2.3
France	2.3
Switzerland	1.9

European Solo Championship[]

The European Solo Grasstrack championship first ran in 1978.

References[]

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