Anticipate
Read the line and prepare every move before it comes.
01The journey
Sidecar world champion · 2024 · 2026
Kevin
Rousseau
Beside the driver, at the heart of the race. Since 2012, Kevin Rousseau has built a career spanning the French championship, the world stage and road racing — all the way to two world titles.
Discover his storyThe role
A passenger
is never just
a passenger.
In a sidecar, every movement counts. The passenger works with the driver, reads the track, shifts his body and anticipates how the machine will react. It is a role of precision, commitment and absolute trust.
Move
Shift the weight at the right moment to keep speed and stability.
Commit
Embrace the speed, the closeness of the tarmac and a minimal margin for error.
Key facts
A career
in numbers.
From his first races to the world title, a journey built over more than a decade of competition.
2
World titles
7
French Championship titles
1
Southern 100 winner
100+
International races
The journey
From the start
to the top.
2012
First laps
Kevin starts motorcycle road racing in the Pirelli Trophy. A first season that sets off a path built around racing.
01
2014
Enter the sidecar
He discovers sidecar racing in the French championship and becomes French Superbike Sidecar champion in his very first season in the discipline.
02
2014 — 2019
Six seasons, six titles
Alongside Sébastien Delannoy, Kevin dominates in France and wins six consecutive French Sidecar championship titles.
03
2016
A first world-class benchmark
In their first full world campaign together, Kevin and Delannoy finish third in the SuperSide World Championship. At Le Mans, Kevin also races the 24 Hours Motos and the sidecar race on the same weekend.
04
2017 — 2019
The world becomes the goal
With Bennie Streuer, Kevin becomes a world championship regular and notably finishes fourth overall twice. In 2017 and 2018 he again combines the 24 Hours Motos and the sidecar race at Le Mans on the same weekend.
05
2020 — 2022
New driver, same ambition
With Tim Reeves, Kevin is Superprix runner-up in 2020, fifth in the world in 2021 and IDM runner-up in 2021 and 2022. He also discovers the Isle of Man TT.
06
2023
A new adventure
Kevin joins Harry Payne in the Steinhausen Racing Team. The pair finish fifth in the world championship in their first season together.
07
2024
The crowning moment
World titleWith Harry Payne, Kevin wins his first world title. The same year he finishes second at the Isle of Man TT and wins both races at the Southern 100, setting a lap record.
08
2025
Staying at the top
Kevin and Harry Payne continue their partnership and finish third in the Sidecar World Championship.
09
2026
World and French double
World titleTodayWith Harry Payne, Kevin wins the French Superbike Sidecar Championship at Magny-Cours — his seventh national title and Harry's first — then clinches a second FIM Sidecar world title at Oschersleben.
10
Yamaha R6 · N°45
The machine
A sidecar
in its own right.
The machine raced in the world championship is a Yamaha sidecar powered by a 600 cc R6 engine. The number 45 has been with Kevin throughout his international seasons.
Yamaha
R6 · 600 cc
4 cylinders
Liquid-cooled
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