Martin Wimmer

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.

In 1987, Yamaha teamed Wimmer 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.

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 His bank, Merkur Bank KGaA, had withdrawn a loan offer short term despite the company having a fixed term account.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- GER9 2 30th 01981 250cc Mitsui-Yamaha ARG6 GER- NAT4 FRA- ESP8 NED8 BEL- RSM- GBR5 FIN10 SWE7 CZE8 33 8th 0 350cc Mitsui-Yamaha ARG- AUT- GER- NAT- YUG10 NED9 GBR6 CZE8 11 12th 01982 250cc Mitsui-Yamaha FRA9 ESP- NAT- NED7 BEL7 YUG- GBR1 SWE6 FIN- CZE3 RSM4 GER- 48 4th 1 350cc Mitsui-Yamaha ARG- AUT- FRA5 NAT5 NED- GBR- FIN- CZE- GER- 12 16th 0 1983 250cc Mitsui-Yamaha RSA8 FRANC NAT4 GERNC ESP3 AUT5 YUGNC NED5 BEL6 GBR5 SWE10 45 6th 0 1984 250cc Mitsui-Yamaha RSA12 NAT2 ESP13 AUT7 GER2 FRA9 YUG8 NED23 BEL16 GBR5 SWENC RSM4 47 7th 0 1985 250cc Lui-Yamaha RSA5 ESP2 GER1 NATNC AUT4 YUG4 NED2 BEL4 FRA- GBR- SWE- RSM- 69 4th 1 1986 250cc Marlboro-Yamaha ESP4 NAT4 GER3 AUT2 YUGNC NED5 BEL17 FRA6 GBR9 SWE12 RSM6 56 6th 0 1987 250cc Marlboro-Yamaha JPN5 ESP1 GER- NAT- AUT10 YUG5 NED5 FRA10 GBR3 SWENC CZENC RSM5 POR3 BRANC ARGNC 61 8th 1 1988 250cc Hein Gericke-Yamaha JPN- USA17 ESP9 EXPNC NATNC GER6 AUT12 NED9 BELNC YUG- FRA11 GBR15 SWE10 CZE18 BRANC 40 14th 0 1989 250cc Hein Gericke-Aprilia JPN21 AUS13 USANC ESP8 NAT9 GERNC AUT3 YUGNC NED5 BELNC FRA12 GBR11 SWE8 CZE- BRA15 62 10th 0 1990 250cc Hein Gericke-Aprilia JPN- USA10 ESP5 NAT6 GER9 AUT2 YUG3 NED8 BELNC FRA6 GBR9 SWE7 CZE6 HUN8 AUSNC 118 6th 0 1991 250cc Lucky Strike-Suzuki JPN14 AUSNC USA7 ESP8 ITA19 GER9 AUT13 EUR9 NED7 FRA10 GBR6 RSM9 CZE6 VDMNC MAL5 89 9th 0

Suzuka 8 Hours results Year Team Co-riders Bike 1987 SHISEIDO TECH 21 RT Kevin Magee Yamaha YZF750 1st