Kristers Serģis























Kristers Serģis
Nationality
 Latvia
Born
(1974-01-14) January 14, 1974 (age 44)
Cēsis, Latvia
Bike number 3
Website Official website


















Motorcycle racing career statistics
Sidecarcross World Championship
Active years 1992 - 2008
Championships (5) 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002

2008 championship position		 2nd

















Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
312 98 195 4,687

Kristers Serģis (born January 14, 1974) is a retired Latvian sidecarcross rider and five times World Champion.


Kristers Serģis came to the sidecarcross sport through his father, himself a rider in the days of the Soviet Union. He made it possible for his son to take up the sport after Latvian independence in 1990. Through sponsorship from a timber building company in Cēsis, it was possible for him to turn professional, a rarity in this sport. To be able to keep the traveling distances short, Kristers now lives in the Netherlands but returns to Latvia in the off-season to work at his motorcycle dealership, "Kristers Serģis Moto".[1]


Kristers Serģis has been voted "Latvian sports person of the year" multiple times, winning the award in 1997, 1998 and 2000.


At the end of the 2008 season, Kristers Serģis retired from the sidecarcross sport.




Contents






  • 1 Sidecarcross world championship results


    • 1.1 Season by season




  • 2 Honours


    • 2.1 World Championship


    • 2.2 Germany


    • 2.3 Belgium




  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Sidecarcross world championship results


Kristers Serģis entered the sidecarcross world championship in 1992, with Artis Rasmanis as his passenger. After two seasons with limited success and starts, he switched to Normunds Bērziņš as his partner for 1994 and 1995 but continued to have only a small impact on the race circuit. In 1996, he returned with Artis Rasmanis and in the fourth race of the season they achieved their first race win, on 21 April in Betekom, Belgium.


The season after, their fortunes improved greatly and the duo won their first of five world championships this year. In 1998, they repeated their success and in 1999 they missed out by only one point to Daniël Willemsen / Marcel Willemsen on their third triumph. Also, in 1998, they won the German sidecarcross championship.[2] However, Serģis / Rasmanis continued their successful partnership with three more titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002. With their fifth title they became record holders in world cup wins in this sport. Previously, two drivers had archived four crowns, but none of them had five. In the 2002 season, they archived an amazing 13 wins in a row and 24 all up. After this, Rasmanis left the team and Sven Verbrugge from Belgium became Serģis new partner. After a second place in 2003, the team fell to seventh in 2004 due to an injury for Serģis, which put him out of action for three month, and split up after this season, Verbrugge joining Daniël Willemsen instead. In turn, Kaspars Stupelis came from Willemsen across to Serģis and the two finished runner-up in the 2005 season. In 2006 they raced in only two events and Sergis failed to score a GP victory for the first time since 1995, finishing 19th overall. The Serģis / Stupelis partnership returned in 2007 and with good results and one GP win they archived third place in the overall standing that season. However, Daniël Willemsen overtook them as record holders, having won six titles now. Despite this, the two Latvians Serģis / Rasmanis remain the most successful outfit in the history of sidecarcross world championship since Willemsen frequently exchanged partners in his six titles.[3]



Season by season





















































































































































































































































Season
Passenger
Equipment
Position
Points
Races
Wins
Second
Third

1992
Latvia Artis Rasmanis
 Kawasaki-EML
 46
 1
 3
 —
 —
 —

1993
Latvia Artis Rasmanis
 KTM-EML
 33
 25
 9
 —
 —
 —

1994
Latvia Normunds Bērziņš
 KTM-EML
 22
 31
 10
 —
 —
 —

1995
Latvia Normunds Bērziņš
 KTM-EML
 18
 4
 20
 —
 —
 —

Latvia Artis Rasmanis
 11
 4
 —
 —
 —

1996
Latvia Artis Rasmanis
KTM-EML
 6
 132
 16
 1
 1
 —

Latvia Normunds Bērziņš
 15
 2
 —
 —
 1

1997
Latvia Artis Rasmanis
 KTM-EML
1
 277
 20
 5
 4
 2

1998
Latvia Artis Rasmanis
Zabel-BSU
1
 299
 18
 7
 5
 2

1999
Latvia Artis Rasmanis
 Zabel-BSU
 2
 385
 24
 8
 10
 3

2000
Netherlands Ramon van Mill
MTH-BSU
1
 54
 4
 —
 1
 1

Latvia Artis Rasmanis
 298
 22
 7
 6
 2

2001
Latvia Artis Rasmanis
 MTH-BSU
1
 534
 26
 16
 4
 3

Netherlands Christian Verhagen
 16
 2
 —
 —
 —

2002
Latvia Artis Rasmanis
 MTH-BSU
1
 662
 28
 24
 1
 2

2003
Belgium Sven Verbrugge
 MTH-BSU
 2
 501
 26
 12
 7
 1

2004
Belgium Sven Verbrugge
 MTH-BSU
 7
 246
 12
 6
 1
 2

2005
Latvia Kaspars Stupelis
 MTH-BSU
 2
 440
 22
 7
 12
 —

2006
Latvia Kaspars Stupelis
 KTM-Mefo
 19
 64
 4
 —
 2
 1

2007
Latvia Kaspars Stupelis
 KTM-Mefo
 3
 242
 16
 1
 8
 1

2008
Latvia Kaspars Stupelis
 KTM-AYR
 2
 434
 24
 4
 12
 2


Overall 1992 - 2008


4687
312
98
74
23

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  • Passengers in italics.


Honours



World Championship



  • Champions: (5) 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002

  • Runners-up: (4) 1999, 2003, 2005, 2008



Germany



  • Champions: (1) 1998


Belgium



  • Champions: (1) 2004


References





  1. ^ Gespann-Moto Cross-WM Reutlingen (in German)


  2. ^ Statistik/Hall Of Fame


  3. ^ "Side Car Moto-Cross". netherlandsembassy.lv. 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
    [dead link]




External links




  • Kristers Serģis team racing homepage (in Latvian)

  • The World Championship on Sidecarcross.com
























Sporting positions
Preceded by
Andreas Fuhrer
Sidecarcross World Champion
1997 - 1998
 Succeeded by
Daniël Willemsen
Preceded by
Daniël Willemsen
Sidecarcross World Champion
2000 - 2002
 Succeeded by
Daniël Willemsen
Preceded by
Alois Wenninger
German national sidecarcross champion
1998
 Succeeded by
Klaus Weinmann
Preceded by
Peter Steegmans
Belgian national sidecarcross champion
2004
 Succeeded by
Jan Goethals









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