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

Adrian Käser
Nationality  Switzerland
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Sidecarcross World Championship
Active years1988–1989
1991 – 1996
Championships(4) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
1996 championship position1st
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
147 22 51 1515

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

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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]

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]

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.

Season by season

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Season Driver Equipment Position Points Races Wins Second Third
1988   Thomas Graf KTM-VMC 13 40 6 1
  Huber Huwyler KTM-EML 9 18 2
  Rudi Herren Honda-EML 22 11 2
1989   Rene Raggenbass KTM-VMC 52 1 2
1991   Christoph Hüsser KTM-VMC 8 124 18 2 1
1992   Christoph Hüsser Yamaha-VMC 6 175 25 1 2
1993   Andreas Fuhrer Kawasaki-VMC 1 391 36 7 2 5
1994   Andreas Fuhrer Kawasaki-VMC 1 232 20 3 5
1995   Andreas Fuhrer Kawasaki-JHR 1 261 16 8 2 2
1996   Andreas Fuhrer Kawasaki-JHR 1 262 20 4 3 3
Overall 1988 – 1996 1515 147 22 16 13

Source:"The John Davey Pages – Adrian Käser". John Davey. Retrieved 1 November 2009.

Honours

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World Championship

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  • Champions: (4) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

Switzerland

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d ADRIAN KAESER GP RECORD The John Davy pages, retrieved 1 November 2009
  2. ^ Andreas Fuhrer website – Geschichte Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine History (in German). Retrieved 1 November 2009
  3. ^ Unsere Geschichte Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Moto-Club Aarberg website – Club history, retrieved 1 November 2009
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Sidecarcross World Champion (passenger)
1993–1996
Succeeded by
Preceded by 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