IMBA: Mulders-Van de Wiel remain in the lead
Last weekend the second competition in the battle for the IMBA sidecar was scheduled in Feldkirch, Austria. It was Benjamin Weiss/Patrick Schneider who won all three heats and thus walked away with the full 180 points in their own country. Second place with a second and twice fourth place in the heats went to the Swiss duo Fabian Hoffmann/Maruis Strauss. Marcel Faustmann/Julian Zimmermann (Germany) took third place twice and a fifth place in the heats to take third place in the daily rankings.
IMBA leaders Frank Mulders/Aivar van de Wiel crashed in the final phase of the first heat, causing van den Wiel to be launched from the arena and taken to hospital with serious injuries. The duo was classified twelfth. It was father Henry who took over the place in the arena for the remaining heats. With two second places, the damage was kept to a minimum and fifth place was achieved in the daily rankings. Belgium was only represented by Nick Deschepper/Djordy Gielkens. with 80 points they finished in seventeenth place in the daily rankings.
In the championship standings it is the Dutch combinations that lead the battle. Mulders/van de Wiel remain in the lead, followed by Aaron Bens/Joep van Leuken and Jeroen Visscher/Eva Visscher/Hoffmann/Strauss follow in fourth place. Deschepper/Gielkens are in tenth place.
The next match is scheduled for August 28 in Wingles, France.
First round IMBA sidecar Feldkirch:
1. Weiss/Schneider (Oos), 2. Hofmann/Strauss (Swi), 3. Faustmann/Zimmermann (Ger), 4. Buob/Buob (Swi), 5. Ains/Poirier (Fra), 6. Hentrich/Heucken (Ger), 7. Schneider/Schwidder (Ger), 8. Bens/van Leuken (Ned), 9. Wanger/Lenherr (Oos),
10. Krieg/Kälin (Zwi), 12. Mulders/van de Wiel (Ned), 14. Van den Heuij/van den Heuij (Ned), 15. Visscher/Visscher (Ned), 19. Ebben/van de Wiel ( Ned), 20. Deschepper/Gielkens (Bel), 21. van Wanrooij/van Wanrooij (Ned).
Second round IMBA sidecar Feldkirch:
1. Weiss/Schneider (Oos), 2. Mulders/van de Wiel (Ned), 3. Buob/Buob (Zwi), 4. Hofmann/Strauss (Zwi), 5. Faustmann/Zimmermann (Ger), 6. Schneider /Schwidder (Ger), 7. Ains/Poirier (Fra), 8. Suter/Dörig (Swi), 9. Krieg/Kälin (Swi),
10. Bens/van Leuken (Ned), 11. Deschepper/Gielkens (Bel), 14. Visscher/Visscher (Ned), 18. van Wanrooij/van Wanrooij (Ned), 19. Ebben/van de Wiel (Ned), 21. van den Heuij/van den Heuij (Dutch).
Third round IMBA sidecar Feldkirch:
1. Weiss/Schneider (Oos), 2. Mulders/van de Wiel (Ned), 3. Faustmann/Zimmermann (German), 4. Hofmann/Strauss (Zwi), 5. Buob/Buob (Zwi), 6. Bens /van Leuken (Ned), 7. Schneider/Schwidder (German), 8. Suter/Dörig (Swi), 9. Bürgi/Intlekhofer (Swi),
10. Wagner/Lenherr (Oos), 11. van den Heuij/van den Heuij (Ned), 13. Visscher/Visscher (Ned), 15. Deschepper/Gielkens (Bel), 18. van Wanrooij/van Wanrooij (Ned) , 21. Ebben/van de Wiel (Ned).
Daily ranking IMBA sidecar Feldkirch:
1. Weiss/Schneider (Oos) 180, 2. Hofmann/Strauss (Zwi) 148, 3. Faustmann/Zimmermann (Ger) 145, 4. Buob/Buob (Zwi) 142, 5. Mulders/van de Wiel (Ned) 139, 6. Schneider/Schwidder (Ger) 125, 7. Bens/van Leuken (Ned) 117,
8. Ains/Poirier (Fra) 113, 9. Krieg/Kälin (Zwi) 103, 10. Suter/Dörig (Zwi) 101, 14. Visscher/Visscher (Ned) 82, 16. van den Heuij/van den Heuij ( Ned) 80, 17. Deschepper/Gielkens (Bel) 80, 20. van Wanrooij/van Wanrooij (Ned) 66,
21. Ebben/van de Wiel (Ned) 64.
IMBA sidecar standings 2022:
1. Mulders/van de Wiel (Ned) 319, 2. Bens/van Leuken (Ned) 246, 3. Visscher/Visscher (Ned) 229, 4. Hofmann/Strauss (Zwi) 227, 5. van Wanrooij/van Wanrooij (Ned) 224, 6. van den Heuij/van den Heuij (Ned) 219,
7. Ebben/van de Wiel (Ned) 196, 8. Weiss/Schneider (Oos) 180, 9. Krieg/Kälin (Zwi) 179, 10. Deschepper/Gielkens (Bel) 164.
By: Maycel de Bruijn
GALLERY: Luc Driessen
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