Munich
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) is a former
Grand Prix
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road racer
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from
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. He had his best year in
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when he won the
German Grand Prix
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, and had two second places, finishing the 250cc season in fourth place behind
Freddie Spencer
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,
Anton Mang
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Early life
When he was 11, Mang had his first experience with motorcycles on the DKW RT 125, b ...
and
Carlos Lavado
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.
In 1987,
Yamaha
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Suzuka 8 Hours
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race. In 2009, he joined
Ralf Waldmann
Ralf Waldmann (14 July 1966 – 10 March 2018) was a German Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
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Motorcycle racing career
In 1996, Waldmann finished second to Max Biaggi in the 250cc world championship.MZ, from the
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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 His bank, Merkur Bank KGaA, had withdrawn a loan offer short term despite the company having a fixed term account.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:
Points system from 1988 to 1992:
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)