Rolf Steinhausen (born 27 July 1943 in Nümbrecht) is a German former motorcycle racer, winner of two Sidecar World Championships.

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.

[1] The following season Steinhausen was 6th in the World (alternating passengers, Karl Scheurer and Erich Schmitz),[2] getting his first podium finish (third in the Sidecar TT[3]).

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).

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.