Pekka Päivärinta (motorcyclist)

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.[2]

Pekka Päivärinta and Jussi Veräväinen celebrating their first season of cooperation, after which they became silver medalists. October 20, 2018.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2008-10-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2010-12-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Tim Reeves
With: Patrick Farrance		 World Sidecar Champion
2008
With: Timo Karttiala		 Succeeded by
Ben Birchall
With: Tom Birchall
Preceded by
Ben Birchall
With: Tom Birchall		 World Sidecar Champion
2010-2011
With: Adolf Hänni		 Succeeded by
Tim Reeves
With: Ashley Hawes
Preceded by
Tim Reeves
With: Ashley Hawes		 World Sidecar Champion
2013
With: Adolf Hänni		 Succeeded by
Tim Reeves
With: Gregory Cluze
Preceded by
Bennie Streuer
With: Geert Koerts		 World Sidecar Champion
2016
With: Kirsi Kainulainen		 Succeeded by
Ben Birchall
With: Tom Birchall


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