Siegfried Müller (sidecarcrosser)
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| nationality = {{flagicon|Germany}} Germany
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| SA Active years = 1974 {{-}} 1976 - 1981
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| SA Championships = (1) 1980
| SA Last season = 1981
| SA Last position = 5th
| SA Last points = 47
| SA Race Starts = 74
| SA Race Wins = 6
| SA Podiums = 26
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| SA Total Points = 485
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Siegfried Müller is a retired German sidecarcross passenger and, together with his driver Reinhard Böhler, the first-ever World Champion in the sport.
He has also won the German national sidecarcross championship in 1980.[http://www.gespann-news.de/newssport/03351a9c9d1437114/index.html Motocross - Diverse Meister] {{in lang|de}} Article on sidecarcross championships in 2009, accessed: 7 November 2009
Biography
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Sidecarcross world championship results
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.[http://thejohndaveypages.org/JD_GP/Table/JD_GP_CTables-197x.htm#Y1974 FIM Cup 1974] The John Davy pages, accessed: 8 November 2009
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.[http://thejohndaveypages.org/JD_GP/Table/JD_GP_CTables-197x.htm#Y1976 FIM European Championship 1976] The John Davy pages, accessed: 7 November 2009 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.[http://thejohndaveypages.org/JD_GP/Table/JD_GP_CTables-198x.htm#Y1980 FIM World Championship 1980] The John Davy pages, accessed: 8 November 2009
Müller raced Böhler in 1981 before retiring from international competition.
=Season by season=
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:
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|width="60"| Season |width="300"| Driver |width="100"| Equipment |width="30"| Position |width="60"| Points |width="60"| Races |width="60"| Wins |width="60"| Second |width="60"| Third |
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|1974 |align="left"| Eugen Siegle |Hedlund-Wasp |6 |58 |12 |— |— |2 |
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|1976 |align="left"| Eugen Siegle |Hedlund-SPP |5 |58 |14 |— |— |— |
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|1977 |align="left"| Eugen Siegle |Yamaha-Wasp |12 |22 |2 |— |1 |1 |
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|1978 |align="left"| Eugen Siegle |Siegle-Hedlund |15 |14 |8 |— |— |— |
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| 1979 |align="left"| Reinhard Böhler |Yamaha-Wasp |9 |50 |10 |— |1 |1 |
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|1980 |align="left"| Reinhard Böhler |Yamaha-Wasp |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 1 |236 |22 |6 |7 |2 |
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| 1981 |align="left"| Reinhard Böhler |Yamaha-Wasp |5 |47 |6 |— |1 |2 |
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| |align="center"| Overall 1974 - 1981 | | |485 |74 |6 |10 |10 |
Source:{{Cite web
| url = http://thejohndaveypages.org/CV/XXX/CV_XXX_P_Muller_S.htm
| title = SIEGFRIED MULLER GP RECORD
| accessdate = 2009-11-08
| publisher = John Davey
}}
Honours
=World Championship=
- Champions: (1) 1980
=Germany=
- Champions: (1) 1980
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090118092548/http://www.fim.ch/en/default.asp The official FIM website]
- [http://www.sidecarcross.com/ The World Championship on Sidecarcross.com]
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{{succession box| before = new competition | title = Sidecarcross World Champion (passenger) | after = Frits Kiggen | years = 1980}}
{{succession box| before = Hans Georg Peppinghausen | title = German national sidecarcross champion (passenger)| after = Hubert Rebele | years = 1980 }}
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