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The 2011 FIM Sidecarcross World Championship, the 32nd edition of the competition, started on 3 April and finished after thirteen race weekends on 11 September 2011.〔 The defending champions were eight time winners Daniël Willemsen from the Netherlands and his passenger Gertie Eggink. In 2011, Willemsen raced with 43-year-old Sven Verbrugge as his passenger, after an injury to first-choice passenger Roman Vasyliaka. Willemsen and Verbrugge were a team for a fifth time in the history of the competition, with the combination winning the 2005 and 2006 titles together.〔(Seitenwagen: Willemsen mit Verbrugge ) ''Speedweek'', published: 24 March 2011, accessed: 3 April 2011〕 Willemsen temporarily switched to Ondrej Cermak as his passenger for the first of two German GP's because of an injury to Verbrugge. Willemsen and his passenger clinched the World Championship at the second-last race of the season, at Slagelse, Denmark, having a 53 point lead over Latvians Janis and Lauris Daiders.〔(Sven Verbrugge samen met Nederlander wereldkampioen zijspancrossen ) ''De Morgen'', published: 4 September 2011, accessed: 6 September 2011〕〔(Willemsen/Verbrugge wereldkampioen ) ''De Stentor'', published: 4 September 2011, accessed: 6 September 2011〕 The Belgian-Latvian combination Joris Hendrickx-Kaspars Liepins, the 2009 World Champions and long the main rivals of Willemsen-Verbrugge during the 2011 season, suffered a season-ending injury at the qualifying of the German Grand Prix in July 2011, being able to compete in the race but requiring surgery afterwards.〔(Seitenwagen-WM: Saisonende für Joris Hendrickx ) ''Speedweek'', published: 29 July 2011, accessed: 8 August 2011〕 Parallel to the riders competition, a manufacturers championship was also held.〔 Like in 2010, the competition was a close contest between 2010 champions WSP and eventual winners VMC. The Sidecarcross World Championship, first held in 1980 and organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, is an annual competition. All races, manufacturers and the vast majority of riders in the competition being in and from Europe.〔〔 Sidecarcross is similar to motocross except that the teams consist of two riders, a driver and a passenger. Races are held on the same tracks as solo motocross but the handling of the machines differs as sidecars don't lean. The majority of physical work in the sport is carried out by the passenger, who speeds up the sidecarcross in corners by leaning out. The coordination between the driver and the passenger are therefore of highest importance.〔(The World Championship - Other: What is ) Sidecarcross.com, accessed: 27 July 2011〕 ==Overview== The thirteen races of the season were held in eleven countries, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Poland, Ukraine, Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Russia and Denmark. In comparison to the 2010 edition,〔(FIM Sidecarcross World Championship – 2010 Calendar ) FIM website, accessed: 2 April 2011〕 the Grand Prix of Great Britain and Italy have been dropped off the calendar while the Swiss GP made a return.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2011 Sidecarcross World Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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