Eric Verhagen

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Eric Verhagen
Nationality Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Born (1964-02-21) February 21, 1964 (age 61)
Schijndel
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Sidecarcross World Championship
Active years1986 - 1992
Championships (2) 1991, 1992
1992 championship position26th
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
14324471452

Eric Verhagen (born 21 February 1964) [1] is a retired Dutch sidecarcross passenger and double World Champion.

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He has also won the Dutch national sidecarcross championship four times, in 1986, 1989, 1990 and 1992. All his successes were achieved with Eimbert Timmermans as the team's driver.

Sidecarcross world championship results

Eric Verhagen's first success as a sidecarcross rider came in 1986, when he took out the Dutch national championship, together with Eimbert Timmermans. This season was also his first in the sidecarcross world championship, where the team finished sixteen's, with two seventh place race finishes as their best results. [2]

After similar results in 1987, the team greatly improved in 1988, coming fifth in the world championship and taking out their first race win in the Dutch GP. After continuing good results in 1989 and 1990 and two more Dutch national championships, the team managed to take out their first world championship in 1991. [2]

The following season, 1992, saw a repeat of the world championship and also a fourth Dutch title. Verhagen retired from the competition after that, [2] as did Timmermans. [3]

Season by season

SeasonDriverEquipmentPositionPointsRacesWinsSecondThird
1986 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eimbert Timmermans Maico-EML 166616
1987 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eimbert Timmermans Kawasaki-EML176116
1988 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eimbert TimmermansKawasaki-EML51982211
1989 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eimbert TimmermansKawasaki-EML325724424
1990 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eimbert TimmermansKawasaki-EML51471623
1991 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eimbert TimmermansKawasaki-EML125218532
1992 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eimbert TimmermansKawasaki-EML1471311226
Overall 1986 - 19921452143241112

Source: "The John Davey Pages - Eric Verhagen". John Davey. Retrieved 2009-11-01.

Honours

World Championship

Netherlands

References

  1. Timmermans, Verhagen, Verhoeven at Dakar 2015
  2. 1 2 3 ERIC VERHAGEN GP RECORD The John Davy Pages, accessed: 1 November 2009
  3. EIMBERT TIMMERMANS GP RECORD The John Davy Pages, accessed: 1 November 2009
Sporting positions
Preceded by Sidecarcross World Champion (passenger)
1991 - 1992
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Henk van Heek
Dutch national sidecarcross champion (passenger)
1986
Succeeded by
Henk van Heek
Preceded by
Sies Huirkmans
Dutch national sidecarcross champion (passenger)
1989 - 1990
Succeeded by
Frans Geurts van Kessel
Preceded by
Frans Geurts van Kessel
Dutch national sidecarcross champion (passenger)
1992
Succeeded by
Eric Toonen