Siegfried Müller (sidecarcrosser)

Siegfried Müller is a retired German sidecarcross passenger and, together with his driver Reinhard Böhler, the first-ever World Champion in the sport.

Siegfried Müller
NationalityGermany Germany
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Sidecarcross World Championship
Active years1974
1976 - 1981
Championships(1) 1980
1981 championship position5th
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
74 6 26 485

He has also won the German national sidecarcross championship in 1980.[1]

Biography

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Sidecarcross world championship results

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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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

Müller raced Böhler in 1981 before retiring from international competition.

Season by season

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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 Third
1974 Eugen Siegle Hedlund-Wasp 6 58 12 2
1976 Eugen Siegle Hedlund-SPP 5 58 14
1977 Eugen Siegle Yamaha-Wasp 12 22 2 1 1
1978 Eugen Siegle Siegle-Hedlund 15 14 8
1979 Reinhard Böhler Yamaha-Wasp 9 50 10 1 1
1980 Reinhard Böhler Yamaha-Wasp 1 236 22 6 7 2
1981 Reinhard Böhler Yamaha-Wasp 5 47 6 1 2
Overall 1974 - 1981 485 74 6 10 10

Source:"SIEGFRIED MULLER GP RECORD". John Davey. Retrieved 2009-11-08.

Honours

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World Championship

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  • Champions: (1) 1980

Germany

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References

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  1. ^ Motocross - Diverse Meister (in German) Article on sidecarcross championships in 2009, accessed: 7 November 2009
  2. ^ FIM Cup 1974 The John Davy pages, accessed: 8 November 2009
  3. ^ FIM European Championship 1976 The John Davy pages, accessed: 7 November 2009
  4. ^ FIM World Championship 1980 The John Davy pages, accessed: 8 November 2009
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
new competition
Sidecarcross World Champion (passenger)
1980
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Hans Georg Peppinghausen
German national sidecarcross champion (passenger)
1980
Succeeded by
Hubert Rebele