Birchall brothers bag first win of world championship sidecar season

The Birchall brothers celebrate their double success in Hungary.

It was hot and challenging in Hungary, but Mansfield’s Birchall brothers stormed to a win and a runner-up finish in the second round of the FIM World Sidecar Championship.

Just weeks after their record-breaking run of success in the Isle Of Man TT races, the Birchalls elevated themselves to second place in the overall championship standings.

They had crashed in an outing at Brands Hatch earlier in the month, causing damage to their LCR Yamaha outfit. But after hours of hard work, their machine, backed by Mitchells of Mansfield and One Call Insurance, was fit for purpose again, and practice went flawlessly at the Pannonia-Ring circuit.