Reto Grütter
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Reto Elias Grütter is a Swiss
sidecarcross
passenger and the 2007 and 2008 Sidecarcross World Champion
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Reto Grütter's name can sometimes be found to be, wrongfully, spelled Reto Grutter.
GP in Pernes Les Fontains, 27 April 2003, becoming the passenger for his countryman Ueli Müller. They raced together in the world championship for four seasons from 2003 to 2006, a 15th place overall in 2005 being their best result but never finishing better than eighth in a race. After the 2006 season, Grütter replaced the Belgian Sven Verbrugge
as passenger for Daniël Willemsen
who had won his fifth world championship this season. The new combination Willemsen / Grütter dominated the 2007 season in clear fashion, winning 15 out of 16 races and retaining Team Willemsens world championship. Grütter won his first GP on 9 April 2007 in the season opener in Oldebroek
, Netherlands
. On top of the world championship, the combination also took out the Dutch title. In the 2008 season, Grütter continued to race with Willemsen but an injury prevented him from taking part in the first race of the season and Willemsen replaced him with Bruno Kaelin for the first round. In race fourteen of the season, the team was disqualified after winning the race due to Grütter losing a glove, after a protest by Kristers Sergis. The team took out the 2008 world championship with a 97 point margin to second-placed Kristers Sergis
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At the end of the 2008 season, Willemsen and Grütter split and the later was without a ride for the 2009 world championship season. He raced with Andy Bürgler in the 2009 Swiss championship, winning the national title comfortably.
Source:
Switzerland
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sidecarcross
Sidecarcross
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passenger and the 2007 and 2008 Sidecarcross World Champion
Sidecarcross world championship
The Sidecar Motocross World Championship is an annual event, organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme , held since 1980. Previous to that, a European competition was held from 1971 onwards....
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Reto Grütter's name can sometimes be found to be, wrongfully, spelled Reto Grutter.
Sidecarcross world championship results
Reto Grütter entered the sidecarcross world championship in 2003 as a nineteen year old in the FrenchFrance
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GP in Pernes Les Fontains, 27 April 2003, becoming the passenger for his countryman Ueli Müller. They raced together in the world championship for four seasons from 2003 to 2006, a 15th place overall in 2005 being their best result but never finishing better than eighth in a race. After the 2006 season, Grütter replaced the Belgian Sven Verbrugge
Sven Verbrugge
Sven Verbrugge is a Belgian sidecarcross passenger and triple Sidecarcross World Champion, winning the title in 2005, 2006 and 2011....
as passenger for Daniël Willemsen
Daniël Willemsen
Daniël Johan Nico Willemsen is a Dutch sidecarcross rider and eight times World Champion.Willemsen is the most successful rider in sidecarcross history, winning the title nine times, in 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011...
who had won his fifth world championship this season. The new combination Willemsen / Grütter dominated the 2007 season in clear fashion, winning 15 out of 16 races and retaining Team Willemsens world championship. Grütter won his first GP on 9 April 2007 in the season opener in Oldebroek
Oldebroek
Oldebroek is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands and it has almost 6000 inhabitants.-Population centres:Bovenveen, Eekt, Hattemerbroek, Kerkdorp, 't Loo, Mullegen, Noordeinde, Oldebroek, Oosterwolde, Posthoorn, Voskuil and Wezep.-Sport:...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. On top of the world championship, the combination also took out the Dutch title. In the 2008 season, Grütter continued to race with Willemsen but an injury prevented him from taking part in the first race of the season and Willemsen replaced him with Bruno Kaelin for the first round. In race fourteen of the season, the team was disqualified after winning the race due to Grütter losing a glove, after a protest by Kristers Sergis. The team took out the 2008 world championship with a 97 point margin to second-placed Kristers Sergis
Kristers Sergis
Kristers Serģis is a retired Latvian sidecarcross rider and five times World Champion.Kristers Serģis came to the sidecarcross sport through his father, himself a rider in the days of the Soviet Union. He made it possible for his son to take up the sport after Latvian independence in 1990...
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At the end of the 2008 season, Willemsen and Grütter split and the later was without a ride for the 2009 world championship season. He raced with Andy Bürgler in the 2009 Swiss championship, winning the national title comfortably.
Season by season
| Season | Driver | Equipment | Position | Points | Races | Wins | Second | Third |
| 2003 |  Ueli Müller |
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44 | 10 | 10 | — | — | — |
| 2004 2004 Sidecarcross world championship The 2004 FIM Sidecarcross World Championship, the 25th edition of the competition, started on 21 March 2004 and finished after fourteen race weekends on 5 September 2004 with Daniël Willemsen and Kaspars Stupelis taking out the title once more... |
Ueli Müller |
Kawasaki-JHR | 29 | 49 | 16 | — | — | — |
| 2005 2005 Sidecarcross world championship The 2005 FIM Sidecarcross world championship, the 26th edition of the competition, started on 17 April and finished after eleven race weekends on 18 September 2005 with Daniël Willemsen taking out the title once more.-Overview:... |
Ueli Müller |
Kawasaki-VMC Vruwink MotorCycles The Vruwink MotorCycles company, short VMC, is a Dutch Sidecarcross frame manufacturer, having won eleven riders and six manufacturers world championships in this sport.-Company history:... |
15 | 126 | 22 | — | — | — |
| 2006 2006 Sidecarcross world championship The 2006 FIM Sidecarcross world championship, the 27th edition of the competition, started on 23 April and finished after eight race weekends on 17 September 2006 with Daniël Willemsen taking out the title once more.-Overview:... |
Ueli Müller |
Zabel-VMC | 16 | 100 | 16 | — | — | — |
| 2007 2007 Sidecarcross world championship The 2007 FIM Sidecarcross world championship,the 28th edition of the competition, started on 9 April and finished after eight race weekends on 16 September 2007 with Daniël Willemsen taking out the title once more-Overview:... |
 Daniël Willemsen |
Zabel-VMC | 1 | 375 | 16 | 15 | — | — |
| 2008 2008 Sidecarcross world championship The 2008 FIM Sidecarcross world championship, the 29th edition of the competition, started on 20 April and finished after twelve race weekends on 14 September 2008... |
Daniël Willemsen |
Zabel-VMC | 1 | 495 | 22 | 19 | — | 1 |
| Overall 2003 - 2008 | 1055 | 102 | 34 | — | 1 |
Source:
- Passengers in italics.
Netherlands
- Champions: (2) 2007, 2008
Switzerland
- Champions: (2) 2002, 2009