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Find sources: "Martin Wimmer" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Martin Wimmer Martin Wimmer during the 1991 Japanese Grand Prix Nationality German Born (1957-10-11) 11 October 1957 (age 68) 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 Yamaha Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 133 3 16 8 8 693 **Martin Wimmer** (born 11 October 1957 in [Munich](/source/Munich)) is a former [Grand Prix](/source/Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing) [motorcycle](/source/Motorcycle) [road racer](/source/Road_racing) from [Germany](/source/Germany). He had his best year in [1985](/source/1985_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season), when he won the [German Grand Prix](/source/German_motorcycle_Grand_Prix), and had two second places, finishing the 250cc season in fourth place behind [Freddie Spencer](/source/Freddie_Spencer), [Anton Mang](/source/Anton_Mang) and [Carlos Lavado](/source/Carlos_Lavado).[1] In 1987, [Yamaha](/source/Yamaha_Motor_Company) teamed Wimmer with [Kevin Magee](/source/Kevin_Magee_(motorcycle_racer)) to win the [Suzuka 8 Hours](/source/Suzuka_8_Hours) [endurance](/source/Endurance_racing_(motorsport)) race.[2] In 2009, he joined [Ralf Waldmann](/source/Ralf_Waldmann) in buying out the motorbike manufacturing company [MZ](/source/MZ_Motorrad-_und_Zweiradwerk), from the [Hong Leong Group](/source/Hong_Leong_Group).[3] Wimmer 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 His bank, [Merkur Bank](/source/Merkur_Bank) KGaA, had withdrawn a loan offer short term despite the company having a fixed term account.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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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 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 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 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Martin Wimmer career statistics at MotoGP.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200808085652/https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profile/profiles/Martin+Wimmer). Archived from [the original](http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Martin+Wimmer) on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2008-08-16. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["1987 Suzuka 8 Hours results at Moto Racing Japan"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080808113727/http://www.motoracing-japan.com/result/spl/878h.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.motoracing-japan.com/result/spl/878h.html) on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Visordown.com news](http://www.visordown.com/motorcyclenews/view/waldmann_mz_buyout_confirmed/6607.html) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Martin Wimmer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Wimmer) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Wimmer?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.