European Grasstrack Sidecar Championship

European Grasstrack Sidecar Championship

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

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

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Driver champions

Country	Passenger	First	Second	Third	Podium
	Kunert, Thomas	11	5	1	16
	Onderka, Josef	10	4	0	14
	Matthijssen, William	7	5	2	14
	Datzmann, Michael	4	0	1	5
	Keil, Karl	2	4	4	10
	Venus, Markus	2	4	3	9
	Pagel, Heinz	1	3	2	6
	Glorie, Marco	1	0	5	6
	Holstein, Sven	1	0	2	3
	Bauer, Otto	1	0	1	2
	Goodwin, Josh	1	0	0	1
	Godden, Mitch	0	4	1	5
	Bischoff, Oswald	0	2	3	5
	Brandhofer, Markus	1	2	2	3
	Bolliger, Hans	0	2	0	2
	Heim, Ewald	0	1	2	3
	Detz, Wilfred	0	0	2	2
	Detz, Mark	0	1	1	2
	Waller, Egon	0	1	0	1
	Lippmann, Michael	0	1	0	1
	Murmann, Peter	0	1	0	1
	Hoekstra, Tjeerd	0	1	0	1
	Radley, Nick	0	1	0	1
	Brandhofer, Stefan	0	0	3	3
	Meyer, Rudolf	0	0	1	1
	Wehrle, Ulrich	0	0	1	1
	Soger, Bernd	0	0	1	1
	Sambarrey, Laurent	0	0	1	1
	Leduc, Jacues	0	0	1	1
	Grenier, Christophe	0	0	1	1

Passenger champions

Country	Passenger	First	Second	Third	Podium
	Eibl, Markus	6	1	1	8
	Datzmann, Rosamunde	4	0	1	5
	Matthijssen (Stellingwerf), Nathalie	3	3	1	7
	Mollema, Sandra	5	1	0	6
	Reeg, Joachim	2	3	2	7
	Kuhberger, Uwe	2	2	0	4
	Bacher, Hermann	2	2	0	4
	Onderka, Franz	2	1	3	6
	Hundsrucker, Marco	2	1	1	4
	Wolf, Robert	2	0	0	2
	Wamprechtshammer, Martin	2	0	0	2
	Kreuzer, Bernd	2	0	0	2
	Zaddach, Jurgen	1	2	1	4
	Feigl, Josef	1	2	0	3
	Drenth, Harry	1	0	4	5
	Daubert, Desiree	1	0	1	2
	Stiegelbrunner, Peter	1	0	1	2
	Huber, Walter	1	0	0	1
	Maier, Wolfgang	1	0	0	1
	Brown, Liam	1	0	0	1
	Heiss, Markus	0	3	2	5
	Gloor, Bernhard	0	2	0	2
	Siebert, Mario	0	1	3	4
	Heim, Robert	0	1	2	3
	Boers, Erwin	0	1	1	2
	Smith, Paul	0	4	1	5
	Starke, Edgar	0	1	0	1
	WernerKempa, Hans	0	1	0	1
	Ganss, Willi	0	1	0	1
	Ganster, Reiner	0	1	1	1
	Muller, Stefan	0	1	0	1
	Falter, Rainer	0	1	0	1
	Auwema, Henk	0	1	0	1
	Arling, Wendy	0	0	1	1
	Beller, Helmut	0	1	0	1
	Niedermeier, Florian	0	1	0	1
	van Dijk, Bonita	0	1	1	2
	Radley, Abi	0	1	0	1
	Scheunemann, Tim	0	1	0	1
	Eibl, Daniel	0	0	2	2
	Held, Diter	0	0	1	1
	Rufat, Stefan	0	0	1	1
	Bucker, Herbert	0	0	1	1
	van Dijk, Erik	0	0	1	1
	Brandt, Heinz	0	0	1	1
	Sambarrey, Lionel	0	0	1	1
	Gorget, Michel	0	0	1	1
	Eelding, Gerald	0	0	1	1
	Tralau, Berit	0	0	1	1
	Gunthor, Corinna	0	0	1	1
	Goodwin, Anthony	0	0	1	1
	Sanders, Gerben	0	0	1	1
	Zapf, Michael	0	0	1	1

Results by country

Team	First		Second		Third		Podium
Team	Driver	Passenger	Driver	Passenger	Driver	Passenger	Total
Germany	31	33	27	27	24	24	166
Netherlands	10	8	7	7	13	13	58
England	1	1	4	4	1	2	13
Switzerland	0	0	2	2	0	0	4
France	0	0	0	0	3	2	5

Medal percentage

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

European Solo Championship

The European Solo Grasstrack championship first ran in 1978.