Siegfried Müller is a retired German sidecarcross passenger and, together with his driver Reinhard Böhler, the first-ever World Champion in the sport.
He has also won the German national sidecarcross championship in 1980.Motocross - Diverse Meister Article on sidecarcross championships in 2009, accessed: 7 November 2009
Biography
Sidecarcross world championship results Siegfried Müller made his debut in the FIM Cup, a predecessor of the world championship, in 1974, in the last year of the competition. With his driver, Eugen Siegle †2-16-2011, he achieved a sixth place overall.FIM Cup 1974 The John Davy pages, accessed: 8 November 2009
From 1975 onwards, the FIM Cup was re-branded as FIM European Championship but the two did not take part in the 1975 edition and only entered again in 1976. This time, they finished fifth overall.FIM European Championship 1976 The John Davy pages, accessed: 7 November 2009 Müller raced for two more seasons with Siegle but now with lesser success.
He joined Reinhard Böhler for the 1979 season. From 1980 onwards, the European championship was renamed the FIM World Championship and Siegfried Müller, together with Reinhard Böhler, became the first world champion and the only ones from Germany so far. They took out the title with an 88 point gap to the second placed team and also won the German championship.FIM World Championship 1980 The John Davy pages, accessed: 8 November 2009
Müller raced Böhler in 1981 before retiring from international competition.
Season by season The competition which was to become the sidecarcross world championship in 1980 originated as the FIM Cup in 1971 and was renamed to European championship in 1975. Müller's results in these three competitions were: Season Driver Equipment Position Points Races Wins Second Third1974 Eugen SiegleHedlund-Wasp65812——21976 Eugen SiegleHedlund-SPP55814———1977 Eugen SiegleYamaha-Wasp12222—111978 Eugen SiegleSiegle-Hedlund15148——— 1979 Reinhard BöhlerYamaha-Wasp95010—111980 Reinhard BöhlerYamaha-Wasp 123622672 1981 Reinhard BöhlerYamaha-Wasp5476—12 Overall 1974 - 19814857461010 Source:
Honours
World Championship Champions: (1) 1980
Germany Champions: (1) 1980
References
External links The official FIM website The World Championship on Sidecarcross.com