Munich
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Grand Prix
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Germany
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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
Anton "Toni" Mang (; born 29 September 1949 in Inning (Starnberg) at the Ammersee) is a former five-time world champion in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from Germany.
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When he was 11 he had his first experience with motorcycles on th ...
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Suzuka 8 Hours
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The race began in 1978 as a ...
endurance
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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
MERKUR PRIVATBANK KGaA is an owner-managed listed German private bank with headquarters in Munich.
History
In 1959 Zanwel Horowicz as well as Motek and Hela Horowicz founded Merkur Bank Horowicz KG in Munich, which at that time was mainly limite ...
KGaA, had withdrawn a loan offer short term despite the company having a fixed term account.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:
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)