Manfred Herweh (born 14 June 1954) is a German former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle road racing from 1982 to 1989.
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| Born | 14 June 1954 Lampertheim, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Motorcycle racing career
Herweh was born in Lampertheim, Hesse, Germany. He is notable for being the last competitor to win a 350cc Grand Prix race, at the 1982 German Grand Prix. He had his best year in 1984 when he won four races riding a Rotax-powered Real 250cc motorcycle. Herweh ended the season in second place behind Christian Sarron. He retired after the 1989 season.[1]
From 1984, Herweh constructed motorcycles using frames from Nico Bakker and Rotax engines. These motorcycles competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing using the chassis name "Real", due to a sponsorship agreement with a German hypermarket of the same name.[2] Herweh's 1984 Grand Prix-winning motorcycle is on display at the Sinsheim Automobile and Technical Museum in Sinsheim, Germany.
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 |
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| 1982 | 250cc | Yamaha | FRA - | ESP - | NAT - | NED - | BEL - | YUG - | GBR - | SWE - | FIN - | CZE - | RSM - | GER 7 | 4 | 26th | 0 | |||
| 350cc | Yamaha | ARG - | AUT - | FRA - | NAT - | NED - | GBR - | FIN - | CZE - | GER 1 | 15 | 13th | 1 | |||||||
| 1983 | 250cc | Real-Rotax | RSA 6 | FRA - | NAT 3 | GER NC | ESP 21 | AUT 1 | YUG 3 | NED NC | BEL NC | GBR - | SWE - | 40 | 7th | 1 | ||||
| 1984 | 250cc | Real-Rotax | RSA 4 | NAT 9 | ESP 12 | AUT NC | GER 3 | FRA 3 | YUG 1 | NED 3 | BEL 1 | GBR NC | SWE 1 | RSM 1 | 100 | 2nd | 4 | |||
| 1985 | 250cc | Real-Rotax | RSA NC | ESP - | GER - | NAT - | AUT - | YUG - | NED 23 | BEL 6 | FRA 4 | GBR 3 | SWE NC | RSM 4 | 31 | 8th | 0 | |||
| 1986 | 250cc | Aprilia-Rotax | ESP 14 | NAT 14 | GER NC | AUT 7 | YUG 8 | NED NC | BEL NC | FRA NC | GBR - | SWE - | RSM - | 7 | 19th | 0 | ||||
| 1987 | 250cc | Honda | JPN NC | ESP 15 | GER - | NAT 18 | AUT 17 | YUG 13 | NED 11 | FRA 5 | GBR 10 | SWE NC | CZE NC | RSM 8 | POR 10 | BRA - | ARG - | 11 | 15th | 0 |
| 1988 | 250cc | Yamaha | JPN - | USA - | ESP 10 | EXP 10 | NAT 12 | GER NC | AUT 8 | NED 10 | BEL NC | YUG NC | FRA - | GBR NC | SWE - | CZE 24 | BRA 11 | 35 | 15th | 0 |
| 1989 | 250cc | Yamaha | JPN - | AUS - | USA - | ESP - | NAT - | GER - | AUT 25 | YUG - | NED - | BEL 23 | FRA - | GBR 22 | SWE 17 | CZE 15 | BRA - | 1 | 41st | 0 |