Adrian Käser

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Adrian Käser
NationalityFlag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Sidecarcross World Championship
Active years1988 - 1989
1991 - 1996
Championships (4) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
1996 championship position1st
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
14722511515

Adrian Käser is a retired Swiss sidecarcross passenger and four times World Champion.

Switzerland federal republic in Western Europe

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country situated in western, central and southern Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities. The sovereign state is a federal republic bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8.5 million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.

Sidecarcross racing, also known as sidecar motocross, is a branch of motocross. Regular motocross riders use solo machines, but a sidecarcross outfit has a different type of motorcycle chassis operated by a team of two people, a driver and a sidecar passenger. The earliest articles appear to show that sidecarcross started in the UK in the 1930s.

The Sidecar Motocross World Championship is an annual event, first held in 1980. It is organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Before 1980, a European competition was held from 1971 onwards.

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He has also won the Swiss national sidecarcross championship five times, in 1991 and from 1993 to 1996. After his last world championship in 1996, he retired from the sport.

Sidecarcross world championship results

Adrian Käser first appeared in the sidecarcross world championship in 1988, on the side of Thomas Graf, participating in three GP's and earning a second place in the first race of the Czech GP as his best result. In the same season he also participated in two more GP's with different riders in each, Hubert Huwyler and Rudi Herren. [1]

The following season, he only raced in one even, on the side of Rene Raggenbass in the GP of Finland. In 1990, he did not take part in the world championship at all. [1]

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From 1991 onwards, his fortunes in the world championship took an up turn. He replaced Andreas Hüsser on the side of two-time world champion Christoph Hüsser and the team finished eighth in the world championship as well as taking out the Swiss national title. A sixth place followed the year after. [1]

Andreas Hüsser is a retired Swiss sidecarcross passenger and dual Sidecarcross World Champion, having won the competition in 1988 and 1989 as passenger of Christoph Hüsser, his older twin brother. He also has three European Championships to his name, the predecessor competition of the World Championship, which he won as passenger of Robert Grogg from 1976 to 1978.

Christoph Hüsser is a retired Swiss sidecarcross rider and dual Sidecarcross World Champion, having won the competition in 1988 and 1989, together with his passenger Andreas Hüsser, his younger twin brother.

In 1993, Käser joined Andreas Fuhrer and the new combination became a dominant force in the world championship, winning four titles in a row from 1993 to 1996, [2] both racing for the Moto-Club Aarberg. [1] [3] Additionally, they also took out the Swiss title in each of these four seasons. At the end of the 1996 season, both riders retired from the world championship.

Andreas Fuhrer is a retired Swiss sidecarcross rider and four times World Champion.

Season by season

SeasonDriverEquipmentPositionPointsRacesWinsSecondThird
1988 Flag of Switzerland.svg Thomas Graf KTM-VMC 13406—1—
Flag of Switzerland.svg Huber HuwylerKTM-EML9182———
Flag of Switzerland.svg Rudi HerrenHonda-EML22112———
1989 Flag of Switzerland.svg Rene RaggenbassKTM-VMC5212———
1991 Flag of Switzerland.svg Christoph Hüsser KTM-VMC812418—21
1992 Flag of Switzerland.svg Christoph Hüsser Yamaha-VMC617525—12
1993 Flag of Switzerland.svg Andreas Fuhrer Kawasaki-VMC139136725
1994 Flag of Switzerland.svg Andreas Fuhrer Kawasaki-VMC12322035—
1995 Flag of Switzerland.svg Andreas FuhrerKawasaki-JHR126116822
1996 Flag of Switzerland.svg Andreas FuhrerKawasaki-JHR126220433
Overall 1988 - 19961515147221613

Source: "The John Davey Pages - Adrian Käser". John Davey. Retrieved 2009-11-01. 

Honours

World Championship

Switzerland

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 ADRIAN KAESER GP RECORD The John Davy pages, accessed: 1 November 2009
  2. ↑ Andreas Fuhrer website - Geschichte History (in German) accessed: 1 November 2009
  3. ↑ Unsere Geschichte Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine .(in German) Moto-Club Aarberg website - Club history, accessed: 1 November 2009
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Eric Verhagen 		Sidecarcross World Champion (passenger)
1993 - 1996 		Succeeded by
Artis Rasmanis
Preceded by
Andreas Hüsser 		Swiss national sidecarcross champion (passenger)
1991 		Succeeded by
Reinhard Weber
Preceded by
Reinhard Weber		 Swiss national sidecarcross champion (passenger)
1993 - 1996 		Succeeded by
Hans Schläpfer
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