Sidecarcross World Championship in Straßbessenbach: Foden/Weinmann are back on the starting grid

During the race in Muri, Switzerland, Dan Foden had once again suffered a fracture to his right hand. Although he and his co-driver Noah Weinmann still took part in the following Grand Prix at Canada Heights on the last weekend in May, the extent of the injury then became apparent. Foden underwent surgery shortly afterwards. But now the speedy Englishman is already itching to get back behind the wheel. So last weekend, with a fellow Englishman in the co-driver’s seat, he put his hand through its paces.

The experiment went well, so Foden travelled straight to Germany to carry out another test in Rudersberg with his regular co-driver, Noah Weinmann. That too went satisfactorily, meaning that the World Championship tenth-place finishers are set to return to the World Championship at Straßbessenbach after missing three Grands Prix. Let’s hope the bones, which have been fixed with screws, hold up on the fast and demanding track. A year ago, the winners of this year’s first German Grand Prix in Kleinhau competed there together for the first time.

Also taking part in Straßbessenbach will, of course, be the current World Championship third-placed pair, Tim Prümmer and Patrick Schneider, as well as local heroes Adrian Peter and Julian Zimmermann, who celebrated winning the German Championship last Saturday. Also confirmed are the new German runners-up, Leon Hofmann and Leon Freyganf, as well as the third-placed pair in the German Championship, Patrick Hengster and Justin Blume. Jan Hoormann will also be competing at his home Grand Prix.

Paul Kinder, who is injured, will be replaced by his former co-driver Andy Schlinnertz. The Belgian most recently rode in the sidecar of Boyd Verhees, who recently put his sidecar career on hold for the time being. Pierre Seifert has secured Dutch rider Jasey Vlot as his partner. From Switzerland, Remo and Luca Käser, Marco Heinzer and Martin Betschart, as well as Sven and Marc Buob, have confirmed their participation. As more than thirty sidecars will be competing, an additional ‘last-chance’ race is scheduled for Saturday.

The supporting programme includes two rounds of the ADAC Sidecarcross Clubsport Cup (30 entries) on Saturday and two rounds of the MSJ Kids Sidecarcross Championship on Sunday. Further information: msc-strassbessenbach.de.