Andreas Fuhrer
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| Born | May 21, 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andreas Fuhrer (born 21 May 1959) is a retired Swiss sidecarcross rider and four times World Champion.
He has also won the Swiss national sidecarcross championship five times, in 1989 and from 1993 to 1996. After his last world championship in 1996, he retired from the sport.
Biography
Fuhrer grew up in Seedorf and is a trained mechanic. He started racing sidecarcross in 1981 and qualified for the world championship for the first time in 1985,[1] racing for the Moto-Club Aarberg.[2]
From 1985 to 1996, he raced in the world championship. Fuhrer earned his first podium in 1987 with passenger Hans Rudolf Stettler. In 1990, he achieved his first race win, at the Swiss GP. After Adrian Käser joined him as a passenger for the 1993 season, the team's fortunes improved dramatically, earning 22 race victories and four world championships together.[3]
Fuhrer retired from the sport in 1996 for mostly financial reasons, finding it difficult to market sidecarcross in comparison to single-rider motocross. He also wished to leave the sport at the height of his career.[4] He stayed away from racing for two years before taking up motocross again, this time in the solo class.[5]
Andreas Fuhrer is married and has three children. He works and lives in Aarberg, where he owns a Kawasaki motocross motorcycle dealership, originally having worked in the local sugar factory.[6]
Sidecarcross world championship results
Season by season
| Season | Passenger | Equipment | Position | Points | Races | Wins | Second | Third |
| 1985 | Fritz Frauchinger
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Yamaha-Wasp | 26 | 12 | 4 | — | — | — |
 Josef Meusburger
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13 | 2 | — | — | — | |||
| 1986 | Manfred Forster
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KTM–VMC | 15 | 70 | 20 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | Hans Rudolf Stettler
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KTM-VMC | 7 | 155 | 18 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 1988 | Hans Rudolf Stettler
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Kawasaki-VMC | 3 | 223 | 24 | — | 1 | 5 |
| 1989 | Hans Rudolf Stettler
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Kawasaki-VMC | 6 | 178 | 20 | — | 3 | 3 |
 Sies Hurkmans
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20 | 4 | — | — | — | |||
| 1990 | Hans Rudolf Stettler
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Kawasaki-VMC | 3 | 204 | 18 | 3 | — | 3 |
| 1991 | Hans Rudolf Stettler
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Kawasaki-EML | 11 | 82 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1992 | Hans Rudolf Stettler
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Kawasaki-VMC | 4 | 246 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 1993 | Adrian Käser
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Kawasaki-VMC | 1 | 391 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 1994 | Adrian Käser
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Kawasaki-VMC | 1 | 232 | 20 | 3 | 5 | — |
| 1995 | Adrian Käser
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Kawasaki-JHR | 1 | 261 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 1996 | Adrian Käser
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Kawasaki-JHR | 1 | 262 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Overall 1985 - 1996 | 2349 | 232 | 29 | 23 | 24 |
Source:"The John Davey Pages - Andreas Fuhrer". John Davey. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
Honours
World Championship
- Champions: (4) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Switzerland
- Champions: (5) 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
References
- ^ Andreas Fuhrer website - Geschichte Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine History (in German) accessed: 25 October 2009
- ^ Unsere Geschichte Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Moto-Club Aarberg website - Club history, accessed: 1 November 2009
- ^ ANDREAS FUHRER GP RECORD The John Davy Pages, accessed: 25 October 2009
- ^ Andreas Fuhrer (in German) Article on Andreas Fuhrer, accessed: 25 October 2009
- ^ Ewig rastlos Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in German) Forever restless - Article on Andreas Fuhrer, published: 9 February 2009, accessed: 25 October 2009
- ^ Andreas Fuhrer website - Portrait Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Biography (in German) accessed: 25 October 2009