2014 Sidecarcross World Championship
| 2014 Sidecarcross World Championship | |
|---|---|
| Season | |
| Grands Prix | 10 |
| Start date | 13 April 2014 |
| End date | 21 September 2014 |
| Drivers | |
| Champions |
 Ben Adriaenssen Ben van den Bogaart
|
| Sidecarcross des Nations |
Belgium |
| Chronology | |
| Previous season | Next season |
| 2013 | 2015 |
The 2014 FIM Sidecarcross World Championship, the 35th edition of the competition, started on 13 April and finished after ten Grand Prix weekends on 21 September 2014.
The defending champions were Ben Adriaenssen from Belgium and his Dutch passenger Ben van den Bogaart, who won their first title in 2013. The pair defended their title while the Dutch-Latvian combination of Etienne Bax and Kaspars Stupelis finished runners-up for the third consecutive time. Third place went to the British duo of Stuart Brown and Josh Chamberlain, their highest-ever finish.
The Sidecarcross World Championship, first held in 1980 and organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, is an annual competition. All races, manufacturers and the vast majority of riders in the competition being in and from Europe. Sidecarcross is similar to except that the teams consist of two riders, a driver and a passenger. Races are held on the same tracks as solo motocross but the handling of the machines differs as sidecars do not lean. The majority of physical work in the sport is carried out by the passenger, who speeds up the sidecarcross in corners by leaning out. The coordination between the driver and the passenger are therefore of highest importance.
While usually a male-dominated sport the 2014 season saw the participation of a woman driver in the competition. Belgian Sabrina van Calster was able to score two points in the first race of the Swiss Grand Prix.
The ten Grands Prix of the season were held in eight countries, Switzerland, Germany (two events), Czech Republic, Netherlands, France (three events), Estonia and Latvia. No Grands Prix were initially added or removed from the calendar in comparison to the 2013 season but Germany, which held three events in 2013, had this number reduced to two. An eleventh Grand Prix, to be held in Belgium was cancelled because of severe weather shortly before being staged. A twelfth Grand Prix, scheduled to be held in the Ukraine on 18 May, was cancelled because of the ongoing political unrest in the country before the start of the season. The second race of the final Grand Prix of the season was also cancelled because of the track conditions after heavy rainfall.
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