Willy Bauer

Willy Bauer
Nationality	German
career
Years active	-
Teams	Maico, Suzuki, KTM, Sachs
Wins	4

Willy Bauer is a German former racer. He was one of the top racers in the of the early 1970s.

In , as a member of the Maico factory racing team, he battled the reigning world champion, Suzuki's Roger De Coster for the 500cc world championship. The title chase went down to the final race in the Netherlands, when Bauer suffered a mechanical breakdown, losing the championship by two points. After falling to sixth place in the 500cc world championship, he signed a contract in to race for the Suzuki factory racing team in the 250cc class. Bauer ended the season in third place behind Harry Everts and Hakan Andersson.

Bauer moved back to the 500cc class with the KTM factory racing team in and placed tenth in the world championship. After a 12th-place finish in , he signed a contract to race for the Sachs factory in the 1978 250cc world championship. At the British motocross Grand Prix held at Kilmartin, Scotland, Bauer crashed and suffered spinal cord injuries that left him paralyzed.

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