Pekka Päivärinta (born 1971) is a Finnish

sidecar A sidecar is a one-wheeled device attached to the side of a motorcycle, Scooter (motorcycle), scooter, or bicycle, making the whole a three-wheeled vehicle. The combination of a motorcycle with a sidecar is sometimes called a ''rig'', ''outfit' ...

motorcycle racer, who with passenger Timo Karttiala, was the 2008

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World Sidecar Champion. Päivärinta rode a Suzuki GSXR1000 powered LCR as part of Team Suzuki Finland and is the first Finn to win a world

title. Päivärinta also won the

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, 2011 and 2013 FIM Sidecar World Championship, with

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passenger Adolf Hänni and 2016 with Kirsi Kainulainen on a LCR BMW. Päivärinta is competing in the 2021 FIM Sidecar World Championship with Dutch passenger Ilse De Haas.

References

External links

Official site

, FIM Sidecar World Championship
Living people 1971 births Finnish motorcycle racers Sidecar racers {{Motorcycle-racing-bio-stub