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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 Adolf Hänni 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.

References

  1. ^ "Sports 123: Motorcycle Sports: Sidecar World Championship". Archived from the original on 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  2. ^ "World champions | Sidecar | World Championships | Sport | Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme". Archived from the original on 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
Sporting positions
Preceded by World Sidecar Champion
2008
With: Timo Karttiala 		Succeeded by
Preceded by World Sidecar Champion
2010-2011
With: Adolf Hänni 		Succeeded by
Preceded by World Sidecar Champion
2013
With: Adolf Hänni 		Succeeded by
Preceded by World Sidecar Champion
2016
With: Kirsi Kainulainen 		Succeeded by


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