Andreas Fuhrer

Andreas Fuhrer (born 21 May 1959) is a retired Swiss sidecarcross rider and four times World Champion.

Andreas Fuhrer
Nationality  Switzerland
Born (1959-05-21) May 21, 1959
WebsiteOfficial website
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Sidecarcross World Championship
Active years1985 - 1996
Championships(4) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
1996 championship position1st
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
232 29 76 2349

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 Switzerland Fritz Frauchinger Yamaha-Wasp 26 12 4 — — —
Austria Josef Meusburger 13 2 — — —
1986 Switzerland Manfred Forster KTM–VMC 15 70 20 — — —
1987 Switzerland Hans Rudolf Stettler KTM-VMC 7 155 18 — 1 1
1988 Switzerland Hans Rudolf Stettler Kawasaki-VMC 3 223 24 — 1 5
1989 Switzerland Hans Rudolf Stettler Kawasaki-VMC 6 178 20 — 3 3
Netherlands Sies Hurkmans 20 4 — — —
1990 Switzerland Hans Rudolf Stettler Kawasaki-VMC 3 204 18 3 — 3
1991 Switzerland Hans Rudolf Stettler Kawasaki-EML 11 82 6 1 — 1
1992 Switzerland Hans Rudolf Stettler Kawasaki-VMC 4 246 24 3 6 1
1993 Switzerland Adrian Käser Kawasaki-VMC 1 391 36 7 2 5
1994 Switzerland Adrian Käser Kawasaki-VMC 1 232 20 3 5 —
1995 Switzerland Adrian Käser Kawasaki-JHR 1 261 16 8 2 2
1996 Switzerland Adrian Käser 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

References
  1. Andreas Fuhrer website - Geschichte Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine History (in German) accessed: 25 October 2009
  2. Unsere Geschichte Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Moto-Club Aarberg website - Club history, accessed: 1 November 2009
  3. ANDREAS FUHRER GP RECORD The John Davy Pages, accessed: 25 October 2009
  4. Andreas Fuhrer (in German) Article on Andreas Fuhrer, accessed: 25 October 2009
  5. 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
  6. Andreas Fuhrer website - Portrait Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Biography (in German) accessed: 25 October 2009
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