Martin Wimmer


Martin Wimmer 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.
In 1987, Yamaha teamed him with Kevin Magee to win the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race. In 2009, he joined Ralf Waldmann in buying out the motorbike manufacturing company MZ, from the Hong Leong Group.
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 His bank, Merkur Bank KGaA, had withdrawn a loan offer short term despite the company having a fixed term account.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:
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Points system from 1988 to 1992:
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YearClassTeam123456789101112131415PointsRankWins
1980250ccMitsui-YamahaNAT
-
ESP
-
FRA
-
YUG
-
NED
-
BEL
-
FIN
-
GBR
-
CZE
-
GER
9
230th0
1981250ccMitsui-YamahaARG
6
GER
-
NAT
4
FRA
-
ESP
8
NED
8
BEL
-
RSM
-
GBR
5
FIN
10
SWE
7
CZE
8
338th0
1981350ccMitsui-YamahaARG
-
AUT
-
GER
-
NAT
-
YUG
10
NED
9
GBR
6
CZE
8
1112th0
1982250ccMitsui-YamahaFRA
9
ESP
-
NAT
-
NED
7
BEL
7
YUG
-
GBR
1
SWE
6
FIN
-
CZE
3
RSM
4
GER
-
484th1
1982350ccMitsui-YamahaARG
-
AUT
-
FRA
5
NAT
5
NED
-
GBR
-
FIN
-
CZE
-
GER
-
1216th0
1983250ccMitsui-YamahaRSA
8
FRA
NC
NAT
4
GER
NC
ESP
3
AUT
5
YUG
NC
NED
5
BEL
6
GBR
5
SWE
10
456th0
1984250ccMitsui-YamahaRSA
12
NAT
2
ESP
13
AUT
7
GER
2
FRA
9
YUG
8
NED
23
BEL
16
GBR
5
SWE
NC
RSM
4
477th0
1985250ccLui-YamahaRSA
5
ESP
2
GER
1
NAT
NC
AUT
4
YUG
4
NED
2
BEL
4
FRA
-
GBR
-
SWE
-
RSM
-
694th1
1986250ccMarlboro-YamahaESP
4
NAT
4
GER
3
AUT
2
YUG
NC
NED
5
BEL
17
FRA
6
GBR
9
SWE
12
RSM
6
566th0
1987250ccMarlboro-YamahaJPN
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
618th1
1988250ccHein Gericke-YamahaJPN
-
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
4014th0
1989250ccHein Gericke-ApriliaJPN
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
6210th0
1990250ccHein Gericke-ApriliaJPN
-
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
1186th0
1991250ccLucky Strike-SuzukiJPN
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
899th0

Suzuka 8 Hours results