Final Qualifying Session
After yesterday’s cool conditions the sun was out for Saturday’s second and
final qualifying session for round three of the Superside FIM Sidecar World
Championship. Track temperatures rose to 42 degrees.
Steve Webster & Paul Woodhead completed just a handful of laps on their
Castrol Suzuki, confident that their overnight pole position time would not
be bettered. [...]
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The heat in Hungaroring didn’t let up for the afternoon’s final qualifying
session, making conditions difficult for the riders and passengers, and the
tyres.
French Team BARSA riders Jean & Gregory Cluze were still trying to get
their new LCR-Suzuki dialled in and spent the time in and out of the pits
making small adjustments to the steering, and found [...]
Source:SUPERSIDE: Hungaroring qualifying 1 times
Race: Drama round and round at the Ring
The drama of Superside started before the teams ever started an engine on
race day here at the Nurburgring for Round 3 of the FIM Sidecar World
Championship, as news filtered through that overnight the reigning World
Champions and Pole Position men Steve Webster & Paul Woodhead had withdrawn
from the [...]
Source:SUPERSIDE: Hungaroring race results
Bitter Rivals go Head to Head on the roads in Schleiz
Round 4 of the Superside FIM Sidecar World Championship takes place on the
public road circuit of Schleiz in Eastern Germany this weekend.
World Championship leaders Tim & Tristan Reeves, from Great Britain, go
head to head with Nürburgring winners Jörg Steinhausen from Germany and his
British passenger Trevor [...]
The Superside Teams had an opportunity to acclimatise to the Hungaroring
circuit in unofficial practice sessions today. In typical sidecar
camaraderie, World Championship leaders Tim & Tristan Reeves took the
opportunity to help rivals Billy Gällros and Johnny Briggs sort out some
handling problems with their Sourcecom BG Sidecar Sweden machine.
After the early free practice, the late evening [...]
Source:SUPERSIDE: Hungaroring: Final qualifying times
SUPERSIDE: Superside North America news 2005-06-23
Published July 10th, 2008 in SUPERSIDE. 0 CommentsSuperside Announces North American Partnership & NASCAR Support Race
Superside, the promotor of the FIM Sidecar World Championship,
has announced a strategic alliance with a North America partner,
Superside America. Superside America has been set up to provide a
professional Sidecar series for Canada and the United States.
Superside America’s debut 2005 Championship takes place over a
single event next weekend [...]
After the exciting opening round of the Superside FIM Sidecar World
Championship on the 1.2 mile/1.9km ‘Indy’ circuit at Brands Hatch three
weeks ago the teams travel to Hungary this weekend for round two of the
series on the long 2.7mile/4.3km Hungaroring on the outskirts of Budapest.
Following the success of the 3-race format at Brands, the action in [...]
Hot hot heat.
At 4pm, in 36 degree heat, pole position men Steve Webster and Paul
Woodhead led the Superside Teams on their final warm-up lap of the
impressive Hungaroring circuit. Less than three minutes later the Red
light changed and the first of 19 laps in what was to be a test of men and
machines was underway.
From [...]
Round 3 of the Superside FIM Sidecar World Championship takes place at the
Nurburgring in Germany this weekend.
Tim & Tristan Reeves arrive at the famous venue in the Eifel region with a
healthy 29 point lead in the World Championship on their Team Roberts
Racing LCR-Suzuki following their win in the dramatic, heat affected race
at Hungaroring last time.
Local [...]
Source:SUPERSIDE: Nurburgring: Qualifying 1 times
In the heat of the midday sunshine, the Superside teams completed their
first of two qualifying sessions on Saturday.
Tim & Tristan Reeves (Team Roberts Racing LCR-Suzuki) continued to hold the
top spot following on from their free practice session on Friday evening,
setting the fastest time early in the session on 1:56:7s. With Team
Castrol Suzuki’s Steve Webster [...]
Superside FIM Sidecar World Championship - Round 3 Nurburgring
First Qualifying Session
With overcast conditions and a cool track temperature of just 27 degrees
(compared to those in Hungary of 55 degrees), Tim & Tristan Reeves were
immediately on the pace setting a 1m 33s time to head the timesheets right
at the beginning of the session.
But once the session [...]
Qualifying:
Jörg Steinhausen & Trevor Hopkinson continued at the top of their current
form by taking pole position on their Team Steinhausen Q8 LCR-Suzuki here
at Schleiz ahead of arch rivals Tim & Tristan Reeves on their similar Team
Roberts Racing machine.
Finland’s Tero Manninen & Pekka Kuismanen on the Tuusmotor Suzuki were
impressive in 3rd position ahead of Austria’s Josef [...]
Another Drama filled day of Superside Action.
The 4th round of the Superside FIM Sidecar World Championship started and
ended with more controversy and drama for the two leading teams of World
Championship leaders Tim & Tristan Reeves, and their closest rivals Jorg
Steinhausen & Trevor Hopkinson.
Match Race - Final
The first drama of the day came in the Match [...]
SUPERSIDE: Salzburgring: Saturday round five notes
Published May 19th, 2008 in SUPERSIDE. 0 CommentsSuperside FIM Sidecar World Championship - Round 5.
Free Practice
The Superside FIM Sidecar World Championship competitors got their first
chance to sample the Salzburgring circuit in Austria for Round 5 on
Saturday morning’s free practice session. Overnight rain had made the
circuit tricky, with most teams opting to use intermediate tyres to feel
their way around. World Championship [...]
Reeves Wins as Steinhausen Steams
Tim & Tristan Reeves extended their World Championship lead after another
thrilling battle with their arch rivals Jörg Steinhausen & Trevor Hopkinson
at Salzburgring.
Steinhausen had qualified on Pole position for the race ahead of Reeves,
but as the sun came out for the sidecar race, the only break in the rain
all day - both [...]
Rejoicing in Rijeka for New World Champions
Brothers Tim & Tristan Reeves were crowned the New Superside FIM Sidecar
World Champions in a dramatic conclusion to the big event here in Rijeka.
The weekend started in controvercial fashion when FIM Jury decided that
30kg of weight ballast could be a safety issue, and decided that the
Brothers would instead be [...]
