Martin Wimmer

Martin Wimmer
Martin Wimmer
	Martin Wimmer during the 1991 Japanese Grand Prix
Nationality	German
Born	11 October 1957 (age 67); Munich, West Germany
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years	1980 - 1991
First race	1980 250cc German Grand Prix
Last race	1991 250cc Malaysian Grand Prix
First win	1982 250cc British Grand Prix
Last win	1987 250cc Spanish Grand Prix
Team(s)	Yamaha

Martin Wimmer (born 11 October 1957 in Munich) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. He had his best year in 1985 when he won the German Grand Prix, and had two second places, finishing the 250cc season in fourth place behind Freddie Spencer, Anton Mang and Carlos Lavado.^[1]

In 1987, Yamaha teamed him with Kevin Magee to win the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race.^[2] In 2009, he joined Ralf Waldmann in buying out the motorbike manufacturing company MZ, from the Hong Leong Group.^[3]

He formed Motorenwerke Zschopau GmbH and ran it with the Investor Peter Ertel until September 2012, when he had to file for insolvency proceedings. His bank, Merkur Bank KGaA, had withdrawn a loan offer short term despite the company having a fixed term account. Currently there are several legal court proceedings. Wimmer published a book about the case in November 2014. The name of the book is: Der Fall MZ ... durch die Bank weg ...

Motorcycle Grand Prix Results

Points system from 1969 to 1987:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Points system from 1988 to 1992:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Points	Rank	Wins
1980	250cc	Mitsui-Yamaha	NAT -	ESP -	FRA -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	FIN -	GBR -	CZE -	GER 9						2	30th	0
1981	250cc	Mitsui-Yamaha	ARG 6		GER -	NAT 4	FRA -	ESP 8		NED 8	BEL -	RSM -	GBR 5	FIN 10	SWE 7	CZE 8		33	8th	0
1981	350cc	Mitsui-Yamaha	ARG -	AUT -	GER -	NAT -			YUG 10	NED 9			GBR 6			CZE 8		11	12th	0
1982	250cc	Mitsui-Yamaha			FRA 9	ESP -	NAT -	NED 7	BEL 7	YUG -	GBR 1	SWE 6	FIN -	CZE 3	RSM 4	GER -		48	4th	1
1982	350cc	Mitsui-Yamaha	ARG -	AUT -	FRA 5		NAT 5	NED -			GBR -		FIN -	CZE -		GER -		12	16th	0
1983	250cc	Mitsui-Yamaha	RSA 8	FRA NC	NAT 4	GER NC	ESP 3	AUT 5	YUG NC	NED 5	BEL 6	GBR 5	SWE 10					45	6th	0
1984	250cc	Mitsui-Yamaha	RSA 12	NAT 2	ESP 13	AUT 7	GER 2	FRA 9	YUG 8	NED 23	BEL 16	GBR 5	SWE NC	RSM 4				47	7th	0
1985	250cc	Lui-Yamaha	RSA 5	ESP 2	GER 1	NAT NC	AUT 4	YUG 4	NED 2	BEL 4	FRA -	GBR -	SWE -	RSM -				69	4th	1
1986	250cc	Marlboro-Yamaha	ESP 4	NAT 4	GER 3	AUT 2	YUG NC	NED 5	BEL 17	FRA 6	GBR 9	SWE 12	RSM 6					56	6th	0
1987	250cc	Marlboro-Yamaha	JPN 5	ESP 1	GER -	NAT -	AUT 10	YUG 5	NED 5	FRA 10	GBR 3	SWE NC	CZE NC	RSM 5	POR 3	BRA NC	ARG NC	61	8th	1
1988	250cc	Hein Gericke-Yamaha	JPN -	USA 17	ESP 9	EXP NC	NAT NC	GER 6	AUT 12	NED 9	BEL NC	YUG -	FRA 11	GBR 15	SWE 10	CZE 18	BRA NC	40	14th	0
1989	250cc	Hein Gericke-Aprilia	JPN 21	AUS 13	USA NC	ESP 8	NAT 9	GER NC	AUT 3	YUG NC	NED 5	BEL NC	FRA 12	GBR 11	SWE 8	CZE -	BRA 15	62	10th	0
1990	250cc	Hein Gericke-Aprilia	JPN -	USA 10	ESP 5	NAT 6	GER 9	AUT 2	YUG 3	NED 8	BEL NC	FRA 6	GBR 9	SWE 7	CZE 6	HUN 8	AUS NC	118	6th	0
1991	250cc	Lucky Strike-Suzuki	JPN 14	AUS NC	USA 7	ESP 8	ITA 19	GER 9	AUT 13	EUR 9	NED 7	FRA 10	GBR 6	RSM 9	CZE 6	VDM NC	MAL 5	89	9th	0

Suzuka 8 Hours results

Year	Team	Co-riders	Bike	Pos.
1987	SHISEIDO TECH 21 RT	Kevin Magee	Yamaha YZF750	1st

References

^ Martin Wimmer career statistics at MotoGP.com
^ "1987 Suzuka 8 Hours results at Moto Racing Japan". Archived from the original on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
^ Visordown.com news

[1] Martin Wimmer career statistics at MotoGP.com

[2] "1987 Suzuka 8 Hours results at Moto Racing Japan". Archived from the original on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2009-07-28.

[3] Visordown.com news

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