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,Andreas Fuhrer website - Geschichte History accessed: 25 October 2009 racing for the Moto-Club Aarberg.Unsere Geschichte Moto-Club Aarberg website - Club history, accessed: 1 November 2009
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.ANDREAS FUHRER GP RECORD The John Davy Pages, accessed: 25 October 2009
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.Andreas Fuhrer Article on Andreas Fuhrer, accessed: 25 October 2009 He stayed away from racing for two years before taking up motocross again, this time in the solo class.Ewig rastlos Forever restless - Article on Andreas Fuhrer, published: 9 February 2009, accessed: 25 October 2009
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.Andreas Fuhrer website - Portrait Biography accessed: 25 October 2009
Sidecarcross world championship results
Season by season Season Passenger Equipment Position Points Races Wins Second Third 1985 Fritz FrauchingerYamaha-Wasp26124——— Josef Meusburger132———1986 Manfred ForsterKTM–VMC157020———1987 Hans Rudolf StettlerKTM-VMC715518—111988 Hans Rudolf StettlerKawasaki-VMC 322324—15 1989 Hans Rudolf StettlerKawasaki-VMC617820—33 Sies Hurkmans204———1990 Hans Rudolf StettlerKawasaki-VMC 3204183—31991 Hans Rudolf StettlerKawasaki-EML118261—11992 Hans Rudolf StettlerKawasaki-VMC4246243611993 Adrian KäserKawasaki-VMC 1391367251994 Adrian KäserKawasaki-VMC 12322035—1995 Adrian KäserKawasaki-JHR 1261168221996 Adrian KäserKawasaki-JHR 126220433 Overall 1985 - 19962349232292324 Source:
Honours
World Championship Champions: (4) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Switzerland Champions: (5) 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
References
External links Andreas Fuhrer homepage The World Championship on Sidecarcross.com