Andreas Fuhrer
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Andreas Fuhrer is a retired Swiss
sidecarcross
rider and four times World Champion
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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.
. He started racing sidecarcross in 1981 and qualified for the world championship for the first time in 1985, racing for the Moto-Club Aarberg.
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 teams fortunes improved dramatically, earning 22 race victories and four world championships together.
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. He stayed away from racing for two years before taking up motocross again, this time in the solo class.
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.
Source:
Switzerland
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sidecarcross
Sidecarcross
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rider and four times World Champion
Sidecarcross world championship
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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 mechanicMechanic
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. He started racing sidecarcross in 1981 and qualified for the world championship for the first time in 1985, racing for the Moto-Club Aarberg.
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
Adrian Käser
Adrian Käser is a retired Swiss sidecarcross passenger and four times World Champion.He has also won the Swiss national sidecarcross championship five times, in 1991 and from 1993 to 1996...
joined him as a passenger for the 1993 season, the teams fortunes improved dramatically, earning 22 race victories and four world championships together.
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. He stayed away from racing for two years before taking up motocross again, this time in the solo class.
Andreas Fuhrer is married and has three children. He works and lives in Aarberg
Aarberg
Aarberg is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.Aarberg lies 20 kilometers from Bern above the Aar River...
, where he owns a Kawasaki
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
is an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato, Tokyo.The company is named after its founder Shōzō Kawasaki and has no connection with the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa....
motocross motorcycle dealership, originally having worked in the local sugar factory.
Season by season
| Season | Passenger | Equipment | Position | Points | Races | Wins | Second | Third |
| 1985 |  Fritz Frauchinger |
Yamaha-Wasp | 26 | 12 | 4 | — | — | — |
 Josef Meusburger |
13 | 2 | — | — | — | |||
| 1986 | Manfred Forster |
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15 | 70 | 20 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | Hans Rudolf Stettler |
KTM-VMC | 7 | 155 | 18 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 1988 | Hans Rudolf Stettler |
Kawasaki Kawasaki Heavy Industries is an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato, Tokyo.The company is named after its founder Shōzō Kawasaki and has no connection with the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa.... -VMC |
3 | 223 | 24 | — | 1 | 5 |
| 1989 | Hans Rudolf Stettler |
Kawasaki-VMC | 6 | 178 | 20 | — | 3 | 3 |
 Sies Hurkmans |
20 | 4 | — | — | — | |||
| 1990 | Hans Rudolf Stettler |
Kawasaki-VMC | 3 | 204 | 18 | 3 | — | 3 |
| 1991 | Hans Rudolf Stettler |
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11 | 82 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1992 | Hans Rudolf Stettler |
Kawasaki-VMC | 4 | 246 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 1993 | Adrian Käser |
Kawasaki-VMC | 1 | 391 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 1994 | Adrian Käser |
Kawasaki-VMC | 1 | 232 | 20 | 3 | 5 | — |
| 1995 | Adrian Käser |
Kawasaki-JHR | 1 | 261 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 1996 | Adrian Käser |
Kawasaki-JHR | 1 | 262 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Overall 1985 - 1996 | 2349 | 232 | 29 | 23 | 24 |
Source:
Switzerland
- Champions: (5) 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996