A total of 32 teams have registered for this year's Yokohama/ACU British FII Sidecar Championship and the entries feature a number of past champions along with teams previously seen on the World Superside tracks. The six-round championship, as last year, has two rounds at BSB meetings, at Thruxton in mid-April and at Mallory Park in July.


These two meetings also form part of the Swan Combi Challenge – a five round extra championship, taking in the BSB meetings at Brands Hatch, Snetterton and Silverstone – a wonderful bonus for the FII teams with at least one of the races at these five meetings being televised on the BSB Extras programme on Eurosport 2. The season begins with round one of the Challenge over the Easter weekend at Brands Hatch.

Reigning champions, John Holden and Andy Winkle, head the entries with last year's runner-up Simon Neary and Paul Knapton and third-placed Gary Bryan and Robert Bell out to claim the number one spot. There are also previous champions Tony Elmer, Ian Bell and Roy Hanks along with last year's FII Cup champions, Dean Henry and Ian Smith, but they will all face stiff competition from 14 times TT winner, Dave Molyneux with Gary Partridge in the chair, while Sean and Mark Hegarty, and Andy Percy and dave Hallett will be keen to make their mark on the FII class.

Within the British Championship runs the FII Cup for the less experienced teams and this competition, now in its ninth season, has proved to be an excellent incentive to attract new teams striving to establish themselves on the national scene. Five new pairings will join last year's runners-up Stephen Kershaw and Robin Wilson and in total, 14 of the 32 registered teams are eligible to score points in the Cup. Full list of Registered Teams:

No. Driver Passenger Grade

1 John Holden Andy Winkle Super
2 Simon Neary Paul Knapton Super
3 Gary Bryan Mark Sayers Super
4 Roy Hanks Dave Wells Super
7 Ian Bell Carl Bell Super
8 Dean Henry Ian Smith Super
9 Dave Molyneux Gary Partridge Super
10 Tony Baker Fiona Baker-Milligan Super
11 Pete Alton Michael Highton FII Cup
12 Tony Elmer Darren Marshall Super
13 Matt Dix Shaun Parker Super
15 Conrad Harrison Lee Patterson Super
17 Howard Baker Mike Killingsworth Super
18 Dave Lillie Lee Watson FII Cup
21 Dean Lindley TBA FII Cup
22 Dave Kimberley TBA Super
23 Wil Smith TBA Super
24 Tony Thirkell Nigel Barlow Super
25 Carl Fenwick Dipash Chauhan FII Cup
26 Robert Atkinson Simon Dawson FII Cup
28 Russ Pearce Rod Pearce FII Cup
29 Stephen Kershaw Robin Wilson FII Cup
30 Nigel Mayers Vicky Cooke FII Cup
31 Nick Dukes Mike Aylott FII Cup
32 Richard Lumley Paul Skinner FII Cup
33 Sean Hegarty Mark Hegarty Super
34 John Saunders  Barry Stone F2 Cup
42 Miles Bennett Kevin Perry FII Cup
45 Dave Atkinson Jane Wheatcroft FII Cup
46 Andy Percy Dave Hallett Super
57 Dave Wallis Steve Wareham Super
60 Paul Rogers Melvin Gasson FII Cup
86 Paul Sanderson Stephen Sanderson FII Cup