Reto Elias Grütter (17 July 1984) is a Swiss sidecarcross passenger and the 2007 Sidecarcross world champion.
Reto Grütter's name can sometimes be found to be, wrongfully, spelled Reto Grutter.
Sidecarcross world championship results
Reto Grütter entered the sidecarcross world championship in 2003 as a nineteen year old in the French GP in Pernes Les Fontains, 27 April 2003, becoming the passenger for his countryman Ueli Müller. They raced together in the world championship for four seasons from 2003 to 2006, a 15th place overall in 2005 being their best result but never finishing better then eighth in a race. After the 2006 season, Grütter replaced the Belgian Sven Verbrugge as passenger for Daniël Willemsen who had won his fifth world championship this season. The new combination Willemsen / Grütter dominated the 2007 season in clear fashion, winning 15 out of 16 races and retaining Team Willemsens world championship. Grütter won his first GP on 9 April 2007 in the season opener in Oldebroek, Netherlands. On top of the world championship, the combination also took out the Dutch title. In the 2008 season, Grütter continues to race with Willemsen[1] but an injury prevented him from taking part in the first race of the season and Willemsen replaced him with Bruno Kaelin for the first round. In race fourteen of the season, the team was disqaulified after winning the race due to Grütter losing a glove, after a protest by Kristers Sergis.[2]
Season by season
| Season |
Team |
Equipment |
Position |
Points |
Races |
Wins |
Second |
Third |
| 2003 |
 Ueli Müller / Reto Grütter |
Kawasaki-JHR |
44 |
10 |
10 |
— |
— |
— |
| 2004 |
Ueli Müller / Reto Grütter |
Kawasaki-JHR |
29 |
49 |
16 |
— |
— |
— |
| 2005 |
Ueli Müller / Reto Grütter |
Kawasaki-VMC |
15 |
126 |
22 |
— |
— |
— |
| 2006 |
Ueli Müller / Reto Grütter |
Zabel-VMC |
16 |
100 |
16 |
— |
— |
— |
| 2007 |
 Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter |
Zabel-VMC |
1 |
375 |
16 |
15 |
— |
— |
| 2008 |
Daniël Willemsen / Reto Grütter |
Zabel-VMC |
395 |
18 |
15 |
— |
1 |
|
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Overall 2003 - 2007 |
|
|
660 |
80 |
15 |
— |
— |
Source:"The John Davey Pages - Reto Grütter". John Davey. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
- Passengers in italics.
- denotes season in progress (as of 19 August 2008).
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