Pekka Päivärinta (motorcyclist)

Pekka Päivärinta and Jussi Veräväinen celebrating their first season of cooperation, after which they became silver medalists. 20 October 2018.

Pekka Päivärinta (born 1971) is a Finnish sidecar motorcycle racer, who with passenger Timo Karttiala, was the 2008 Superside FIM World Sidecar Champion.^[1] Päivärinta rode a Suzuki GSXR1000 powered LCR as part of Team Suzuki Finland and is the first Finn to win a world sidecar title. Päivärinta also won the 2010, 2011 and 2013 FIM Sidecar World Championship, with Swiss passenger and 2016 with Kirsi Kainulainen on a LCR BMW.^[2]

Päivärinta is competing in the 2021 FIM Sidecar World Championship with Dutch passenger Ilse De Haas.

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^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2008-10-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2010-12-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Tim Reeves With:	World Sidecar Champion 2008 With:	Succeeded by Ben Birchall With: Tom Birchall
Preceded by Ben Birchall With: Tom Birchall	World Sidecar Champion 2010-2011 With:	Succeeded by Tim Reeves With:
Preceded by Tim Reeves With:	World Sidecar Champion 2013 With:	Succeeded by Tim Reeves With:
Preceded by With:	World Sidecar Champion 2016 With: Kirsi Kainulainen	Succeeded by Ben Birchall With: Tom Birchall

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2008-10-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2010-12-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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