Marko Happich

Marko Happich, born in 1971, is a German former sidecarcross rider. Sidecarcross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing in which a driver and a passenger compete together as a crew. Happich's greatest international success was a runners-up finish in the Sidecarcross World Championship in 2004, while at home he won six German national sidecarcross championships, taking titles in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009 with a series of different passengers. His first national title came in 2001 with Sebastian Böhme in the sidecar, and in 2004 he won fourteen of sixteen season races alongside Thomas Weinmann. He first entered the German championship in 1994 and finished as national runner-up in 2002, 2007, 2010 and 2011, twice missing the title by a single point. After twenty years in the sport Happich retired at the end of the 2012 season.