Ben and Tom Birchall powered their Mitchells of Mansfield supported LCR Yamaha to a winning double at Snetterton in round four of the Eastern Airways F1 Sidecar British championship at the recently refurbished Norfolk circuit over the weekend. However they were forced to retire from the final race of the weekend because of a gear…
Ben and Tom Birchall rounded off an eventful racing season by taking three pole positions, four wins and two lap records in their final three outings on the F1 Sidecar calendar resulting in the pair moving up to take the runner up spot in the Battle of Britain championship. In 2009 the Mitchells of Mansfield…
Mansfield brothers Ben and Tom Birchall rode to a winning double at Bishopscourt in Northern Ireland on Saturday and shattered their own existing lap record in the process. Ben and Tom were contesting the two sidecar races at the Sunflower Trophy meeting around the 1.824-mile circuit and proved their dominance from the off by claiming…
Outgoing world champions Ben and Tom Birchall from Mansfield scored three top four results in round six of the Eastern Airways Battle of Britain F1 Sidecar championship at Anglesy over the weekend and remain in third place in the overall rider standings but have reduced the deficit between themselves and Alan Schofield – who holds…
Ben and Tom Birchall completed the final race in the FIM World Sidecar championship in third place at Magny Cours in France and at the end of the incident packed 2010 campaign to find themselves in an overall position of third in the championship. It was always going to be an uphill battle for the…
Ben and Tom Birchall from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire rode to a brace of second places at Brands Hatch in round five of the Eastern Airways Battle of Britain UK F1Sidecar championship over the Bank Holiday weekend to retain their third place in the overall points table with three rounds (nine races) remaining. The Mitchells of…
Current world champions Ben and Tom Birchall travelled to Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire for round four of the Eastern Airways Battle of Britain Sidecar championship on Sunday where they took two decisive victories plus a fourth place to bring their points tally to 162 and edge nearer to the series lead. After missing round three…
Mansfield brothers Ben and Tom Birchall saw race action in the penultimate round of the FIM World Sidecar championship at Sachsenring in Germany at the weekend where the sidecar race was a support to the German round of MotoGP. But despite their best efforts they could only secure a fourth place finish to the 22-lap…
World Sidecar champion Ben Birchall has been using the “Heal the Rider” Isle of Man Hyperbaric chamber to assist the healing of his skin grafts and after just six sessions in the chamber has seen a vast improvement in his condition. Hyperbaric chamber therapy delivers oxygen quickly, and in high concentrations, to injured areas systemically.…
Following his high speed crash in Croatia, reigning World sidecar champion Ben Birchall is to have skin grafts to his back and will undergo an operation at Nottingham City hospital on Tuesday. (June 29) Birchall, with younger brother Tom in the chair clipped a kerb in free practice while preparing for the world championship round…