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 on a LCR BMW.[2]

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

Päivärinta is competing in the 2021 FIM Sidecar World Championship with Dutch passenger Ilse De Haas.

References
  1. "Sports 123: Motorcycle Sports: Sidecar World Championship". Archived from the original on 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  2. "World champions | Sidecar | World Championships | Sport | Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme". Archived from the original on 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
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