German motorcycle Grand Prix
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The German motorcycle Grand Prix, first held in 1925, is since 1952 part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Championship.
Due to the existence of two German states from 1949 to 1990, an additional East German GP was part of the WC from 1961 to 1972. During that period the German GP, always held in Western Germany, was also called West German GP.
After West German Dieter Braun won the East German race on the Sachsenring in 1971, the East German crowd sung the West German anthem. To prevent further "demonstrations", the East German politicians limited entry of riders from Western states from 1972 onwards, and mainly allowed only riders from Eastern European socialist states. As a result, the event lost its World Championship status.
In 1998, after having been rather unpopular on the Nürburgring, the German motorcycle Grand Prix moved to the rebuilt Sachsenring and became a sell-out event since.
The additional 1986 Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix (at Hockenheim) counted towards the WC only for 80cc and 125cc classes.
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[edit] Winners of the German motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Year | Track | 175 cc | 250 cc | 350 cc | 500 cc | Report |
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| 1939 | Sachsenring | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946).svg.png){kind=small} Nello Pagani |
 Walter Hamelehle |
Dorino Serafini |
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| 1938 | Sachsenring | Ewald Kluge |
 John White |
Georg Meier |
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| 1937 | Sachsenring | Ewald Kluge |
Harold Daniell |
Karl Gall |
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| 1936 | Hohenstein-Ernstthal |  Henry Tyrell-Smith |
Freddie Frith |
Jimmy Guthrie |
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| 1935 | Hohenstein-Ernstthal | Walfried Winkler |
Walter Rusk |
Jimmy Guthrie |
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| 1934 | Hohenstein-Ernstthal | Henry Tyrell-Smith |
Jimmie Simpson |
Otto Ley |
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| 1933 | AVUS | Charlie Dodson |
Ernst Loof |
Josef Steltzer |
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| 1931 | Nürburgring |  Elvetio Toricelli |
Henry Tyrell-Smith |
Stanley Woods |
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| 1930 | Nürburgring | Les Crabtree |
Jimmy Guthrie |
Graham Walker |
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| 1929 | Nürburgring | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany_(2-3).svg.png){kind=small} Arthur Geiß |
Syd Crabtree |
Wal Handley |
Henry Tyrell-Smith |
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| 1928 | Nürburgring | Arthur Geiß |
Syd Crabtree |
Pietro Ghersi |
Charlie Dodson |
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| 1927 | Nürburgring | Willy Henkelmann |
Cecil Ashby |
Jimmie Simpson |
Graham Walker |
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| 1926 | AVUS | Kurt Friedrich |
Jock Porter |
Jimmie Simpson |
Josef Steltzer |
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| 1925 | AVUS |  Willy Zick |
Cecil Ashby |
Miro Maffeis |
Paul Köppen |
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[edit] Winners of the East German motorcycle Grand Prix
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