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Rolf Steinhausen (born July 27, 1943 in Nümbrecht) is a German former motorcycle racer, winner of two Sidecar World Championships. Steinhausen made his debut in motorcycle racing in 1961. After a few incidents, in 1964 moved on to the sidecar class, driven also by his friendship with the four-time World Sidecar Champion Max Deubel. Deubel recognized Steinhausen's talent and gave him one of his sidecars. Having started with the sidecar powered by BMW in 1972 Steinhausen decided to use the engines of König, four-cylinder two-stroke of powerboat origin. The new engines allowed the German to build a sidecar lower and with better aerodynamics. In that year the German also made his debut in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Championship, where he came tenth in partnership with Werner Kapp, achieving a best result of fourth place at the Austrian GP.〔racingmemo.free.fr/MOTO-GP-classements_72-SID.htm〕 The following season Steinhausen was 6th in the World (alternating passengers, Karl Scheurer and Erich Schmitz),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MOTO-GP-classements 73-SID )〕 getting his first podium finish (third in the Sidecar TT〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Race Results -The official Isle of Man TT website )〕). For the '74 season, the German made a new chassis with the specialist Dieter Busch. With the new sidecar Steinhausen won his first GP (one of Belgium) and was fourth in the World (alternating two passengers this year too: Scheurer and Josef Huber).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MOTO-GP-classements 74-SID )〕 The 1975 saw Steinhausen (paired with Huber) graduate to Champion of the World, thanks to three wins ( Austria, TT and Belgium).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MOTO-GP-classements 75-SID )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Race Results -The official Isle of Man TT website )〕 That '75 was also the first title for a two-stroke sidecar. In 1976 Steinhausen is reconfirmed champion (winning again the same three GP as the previous year)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MOTO-GP-classements 76-SID )〕 and the 500cc Sidecar TT.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Race Results -The official Isle of Man TT website )〕 The '77 season saw Steinhausen favorite for the title, but he did not do it, for various engine problems. From the French GP Steinhausen changed to a new engine from Yamaha and a new passenger (Wolfgang Kalauch), which ended the season in 4th place with a win in Czechoslovakia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MOTO-GP-classements 77-SID )〕 Remembered for the Belgian Grand Prix, where the German marked the lap record at 200.520 km/h. Despite winning his third Sidecar TT,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Race Results -The official Isle of Man TT website )〕 he had an anonymous 1978, finishing in 14th place in the world championship,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MOTO-GP-classements 78-SID )〕 the 1979 season saw Steinhausen fighting for the title of the category B2A, finishing in 2nd place behind the Swiss Rolf Biland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MOTO-GP-classements 79-SIDa )〕 That '79 title was one of the last competitive seasons for Steinhausen, whose career ended in late 1989, having won two German sidecar titles (1986 and 1987). After retiring Steinhausen has become an entrepreneur, running a trucking firm.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rolf Steinhausen - Wikipedia )〕 He is father of current sidecar racer Jörg Steinhausen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Offizielle Website des Steinhausen Racing Team )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rolf Steinhausen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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