Kaspars Stupelis

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Kaspars Stupelis
Kaspars Stupelis in 2019.jpg
Nationality Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
Born (1982-07-07) 7 July 1982 (age 41)
Cēsis, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia)
Bike number2
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Sidecarcross World Championship
Active years2001 – present
ManufacturersZabel-AYR (2001–2002)
Zabel-VMC (2003–2004)
MTH-BSU (2005)
KTM-Mefo (2006–2007)
KTM-AYR (2008)
Zabel-VMC (2009)
KTM-WSP (2010)
Zabel-WSP (2011–2012)
Zabel-VMC (2013)
Zabel-WSP (2014–present)
Championships (3) 2003, 2004, 2015
2015 championship position1st
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
299921875,301

Kaspars Stupelis (born 7 July 1982) is a Latvian sidecarcross passenger and quadruple World Champion.

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Stupelis won the 2015 and 2019 World Championship as passenger of Etienne Bax. His previous two world championships were gained when being the passenger in Daniël Willemsen's team. In his time with Willemsen, he also won two Dutch titles in 2003 and 2004, an achievement repeated at the side of Bax in 2012, 2014 and 2015.

Sidecarcross world championship results

Kaspars Stupelis entered the sidecarcross world championship as a passenger for his fellow Latvian driver Modris Štelle in 2001. His first two seasons alongside Štelle were not particularly successful and it came as a surprise when the reigning world champion, Daniël Willemsen, picked him as his passenger for the 2003 season. The team was successful from the start, winning the first race of the season in Talavera de la Reina, Spain on 6 April 2003.

It was Stupelis first race victory and he gained another 30 in this and the next season with Willemsen, winning two world titles in the process. Willemsen, who has exchanged passengers frequently over the years, did something of a swoop with Kristers Serģis after the 2004 season, with Stupelis joining his fellow Latvian former world champion and, in exchange, Sven Verbrugge from Belgium joining Willemsen from Serģis. [1] The new pair Serģis / Stupelis finished second in the final standings in 2005, winning seven races.

2006 was not a good year for the combination and they only raced in two events, failing to win any of the four races they participated but achieving three podium finishes. In 2007, they were back, won their home GP and finished third overall, becoming the only team to snatch a victory from the world champion Willemsen. The duo continued to race and took part in the 2008 season, which was Serģis last.

In 2009, Kaspars Stupelis was racing as passenger of Nicky Pulinx in the world championship, in 2010 he raced with fellow Latvian Maris Rupeiks. He missed the first two events of the 2011 season, being replaced by Elvis Mucenieks, but raced the remaining eleven Grand Prix with Rupeiks again. He had a much improved 2012 season on the side of Etienne Bax, finishing second in the world championship, only five points behind winners Daniël Willemsen. In 2013 the team Bax/Stupelis came second once more in the world championship, this time finishing 97 points behind Ben Adriaenssen and Ben van den Bogaart. [2] Stupelis and Bax finished second in the World Championship for a third consecutive time in 2014, 18 points behind Adriaenssen and van den Bogaart. [3]

Stupelis and Bax won the 2015 World Championship in the second-last event of the season. After the end of the season it was announced that Stupelis would not race with Bax in 2016 as the latter would switch to his younger brother Robbie Bax as his passenger. [4]

As Willemsens passenger, he has also won two Dutch national titles, in 2003 and 2004. In 2012, 2014 and 2015, now with Etienne Bax, he won three more national titles in the Netherlands.

Season by season

SeasonDriverEquipmentPositionPointsRacesWinsSecondThird
2001 Flag of Latvia.svg Modris Štelle Zabel-AYR 271410———
2002 Flag of Latvia.svg Modris ŠtelleZabel-AYR236912———
2003 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniël Willemsen Zabel-VMC 156124139—
2004 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniël WillemsenZabel-VMC1572261841
2005 Flag of Latvia.svg Kristers Serģis MTH-BSU244022712—
2006 Flag of Latvia.svg Kristers Serģis KTM-Mefo19644—21
2007 Flag of Latvia.svg Kristers SerģisKTM-Mefo324216181
2008 Flag of Latvia.svg Kristers SerģisKTM-AYR 2434244122
2009 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nicky PulinxZabel-VMC1222925———
2010 Flag of Latvia.svg Māris RupeiksKTM-WSP542328142
2011 Flag of Latvia.svg Māris RupeiksZabel-WSP43162214—
2012 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Etienne Bax Zabel-WSP244722981
2013 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Etienne BaxZabel-VMC251325146—
2014 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Etienne BaxZabel-WSP240219853
2015 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Etienne BaxZabel-WSP1675301673
Overall 2001 – 20155,301299928114

Source: "The John Davey Pages – Kaspars Stupelis". John Davey. Retrieved 2008-04-05.

Honours

World Championship

Netherlands

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References

  1. ↑ "Side Car Moto-Cross". netherlandsembassy.lv. 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-05.[ dead link ]
  2. ↑ FIM SIDECAR MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Classification 2013 Archived October 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine FIM website, accessed: 8 October 2013
  3. ↑ Gepann-WM: Zitterpartie für Champion Adriaenssen (in German) speedweek.com, published: 22 September 2014, accessed: 24 September 2014
  4. ↑ Gespann-WM 2016: Etienne & Robbie Bax mit Yamaha! (in German) speedweek.com, published: 2 October 2015, accessed: 4 November 2015
Sporting positions
Preceded by Sidecarcross World Champion (passenger)
2015		Incumbent
Preceded by Sidecarcross World Champion (passenger)
2003–2004		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Dagwin Sabbe
 Dutch national sidecarcross champion (passenger)
2003–2004		Succeeded by
Christian Verhagen
Preceded by Dutch national sidecarcross champion (passenger)
2012		Succeeded by
Christian Verhagen
Preceded by
Ben van den Bogaart
 Dutch national sidecarcross champion (passenger)
2014–present		Incumbent
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