Georg "Schorsch" Meier was a German motorcycle racer famous for being the first foreign winner of the prestigious Senior TT, the Blue Riband race of the Isle of Man TT Races, in 1939 riding for the factory BMW team and the first motorcycle racer to lap a Grand Prix course at over 100 mph.
Meier with his historic 1939 BMW twin-cylinder Grand Prix race machine
1938 Auto-Union V12 type D saved from being cut up for scrap metal
Georg Meier demonstrating the 1939 BMW Type 255 Kompressor during the 1989 Isle of Man TT race week
The Senior Tourist Trophy is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival, an annual event traditionally held over the last week in May and the first week in June. The Senior TT is the blue ribbon event of the festival that takes place on the Friday of race week, with "The Marquis de Mouzilly St. Mars trophy" awarded to the winner.
Seven-time Senior TT winner John McGuinness in 2007