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Joachim Winkelhock (born 24 October 1960) is a German motor racing driver.
Joachim Winkelhock | |
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![]() Winkelhock in 2010 | |
Born | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Relatives | Manfred Winkelhock (brother) Thomas Winkelhock (brother) Markus Winkelhock (nephew) |
Formula One World Championship career | |
Active years | 1989 |
Teams | AGS |
Entries | 7 (0 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1989 French Grand Prix |
The younger brother of the late Manfred Winkelhock, Winkelhock was born in Waiblingen, near Stuttgart. The youngest brother, Thomas Winkelhock, and Manfred's son Markus Winkelhock are also racing drivers.
Winkelhock started in the one-make Renault 5 Cup in 1979 but it would be almost a decade before he found his first major success, by winning the 1988 German Formula Three Championship as well as that year's F3 European Cup (at the unusually late age of 28). He progressed the following year to Formula One with the small French AGS team, who paired him with his future touring car rival Gabriele Tarquini; Winklehock's brief time in F1 was unsuccessful, failing to pre-qualify the car on 7 occasions. His reputation however remained strong enough that he was subsequently hired by BMW Motorsport for German's premier touring car racing series the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, first for the Bigazzi and then Schnitzer teams. He finished 6th, 7th and 8th in the final standings and scored three wins in total during his three years in the series, as well as winning the 1990 and 1991 24 Hours of Nürburgring races for BMW and Schnitzer.
When BMW exited the DTM at the end of 1992 Winkelhock moved with the manufacturer and Schnitzer to the British Touring Car Championship, where he and teammate Steve Soper dominated the first half of the 1993 season. The pair took 7 wins from the first 8 rounds (Winklehock four, Soper three). Although the second half of the year was more challenging for Winkelhock, seeing him earn only one more win, he was still eventually crowned champion. During his time in Britain, he was also commonly known as Smokin' Jo for his cigarette smoking habit. Winkelhock's next win was the 1994 Asia Pacific Touring Car Championship, and in 1995 he won the German Supertouring Championship (STW). He also triumphed in the 1995 Spa 24 Hours, and the 1994 and 1998 Macau Grand Prix's Guia touring car races. His last success for BMW came at the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, which he won driving the BMW V12 LMR prototype run by Schnitzer Motorsport.[1]
In 2000, Winkelhock joined Opel in the new Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (a revived version of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, which had been defunct since 1995). In his first season in the new DTM Winkelhock was competitive, winning at the Norisring and finishing 5th in the final standings. However, the collapse in Opel's fortunes in DTM after 2000 saw a consequent decline in Winkelhock's fortunes and after a 2003 season in which he only scored a single point, he announced his retirement from motor racing at the age of 43.[2]
He runs his family's Waiblingen-based truck-crane and towing business, occasionally getting personally involved in recovering crashed trucks.[3]
A special edition of the BMW M5 has been made in honor of Joachim Winkelhock.
A 2005 poll run by Motor Sport magazine voted Winkelhock the 16th greatest touring car driver ever.[4]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Pts |
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1984 | ![]() |
BMW 323i | MNZ | VAL | DON | PER | BRN | ZEL | SAL | NUR Ret |
SPA | SIL | ZOL | MUG | NC | 0 | ||
1986 | ![]() |
Ford Sierra XR4 TI | MNZ | DON | HOC | MIS | AND | BRN | ZEL | NÜR 14 |
SPA Ret |
SIL | NOG | ZOL | JAR 9 |
EST Ret |
69th | 4 |
1987 | ![]() |
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | DON | EST | AND | ZOL DNQ |
ZEL DSQ |
IMO | NC | 0 | ||||||||
Ford Sierra RS500 | NOG Ret |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Not eligible for series points
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | Schnitzer Motorsport | BMW M3 Sport Evolution | S1 | MNZ 1 14 |
MNZ 2 4 |
MAG 1 |
MAG 2 |
MUG 1 |
MUG 2 |
BIN 1 |
BIN 2 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
IMO 1 |
IMO 2 |
MIS 1 |
MIS 2 |
PER 1 |
PER 2 |
VAR 1 |
VAR 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
18th | 10 |
1994 | Scuderia Bigazzi | BMW 318i | MNZ 1 10 |
MNZ 2 9 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
MAG 1 |
MAG 2 |
BIN 1 |
BIN 2 |
MIS 1 |
MIS 2 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
MUG 1 |
MUG 2 |
PER 1 |
PER 2 |
VAR 1 |
VAR 2 |
MUG 1 |
MUG 2 |
26th | 3 | |
1996 | Scuderia Bigazzi | BMW 320i | MUG 1 |
MUG 2 |
MAG 1 |
MAG 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
BIN 1 |
BIN 2 |
MIS 1 |
MIS 2 |
IMO 1 |
IMO 2 |
PER 1 |
PER 2 |
PER 1 |
PER 2 |
VAR 1 |
VAR 2 |
VAL 1 7 |
VAL 2 17 |
23rd | 4 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races 1996 only) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | BMW Motorsport Team | BMW 318i | SIL 1 2 |
DON 1 Ret |
SNE 1 5 |
DON 1 1 |
OUL 1 1 |
BRH 1 1 |
BRH 2 Ret |
PEM 1 1 |
SIL 1 4 |
KNO 1 3 |
KNO 2 DNS |
OUL 1 1 |
BRH 1 20 |
THR 1 14 |
DON 1 5 |
DON 2 3 |
SIL 1 8 |
1st | 163 | |||||||||
1994 | BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer | BMW 318i | THR 1 3 |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 7 |
SNE 1 Ret |
SIL 1 14 |
SIL 2 14 |
OUL 1 8 |
DON 1 Ret |
DON 2 8 |
BRH 1 8 |
BRH 2 7 |
SIL 1 1 |
KNO 1 Ret |
KNO 2 11 |
OUL 1 1 |
BRH 1 1 |
BRH 2 1 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 DNS |
DON 1 4 |
DON 2 3 |
6th | 147 | |||||
1996 | BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW 320i | DON 1 8 |
DON 2 13 |
BRH 1 3 |
BRH 2 1 |
THR 1 12 |
THR 2 1 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 Ret |
OUL 1 1 |
OUL 2 Ret |
SNE 1 5 |
SNE 2 1 |
BRH 1 6 |
BRH 2 2 |
SIL 1 5 |
SIL 2 Ret |
KNO 1 5 |
KNO 2 5 |
OUL 1 6 |
OUL 2 4 |
THR 1 Ret |
THR 2 6 |
DON 1 7 |
DON 2 6 |
BRH 1 DNS |
BRH 2 3 |
5th | 158 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1994 | BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW 318i | AUT 1 |
AUT 2 |
SUG 1 |
SUG 2 |
TOK 1 8 |
TOK 2 4 |
SUZ 1 Ret |
SUZ 2 Ret |
MIN 1 |
MIN 2 |
AID 1 |
AID 2 |
TSU 1 |
TSU 2 |
SEN 1 |
SEN 2 |
FUJ 1 3 |
FUJ 2 2 |
10th | 31 |
1995 | BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW 318i | FUJ 1 7 |
FUJ 2 Ret |
SUG 1 |
SUG 2 |
TOK 1 |
TOK 2 |
SUZ 1 |
SUZ 2 |
MIN 1 11 |
MIN 2 5 |
AID 1 15 |
AID 2 Ret |
SEN 1 1 |
SEN 2 2 |
FUJ 1 Ret |
FUJ 2 7 |
9th | 41 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1994 | BMW Team Bigazzi | BMW 318i | AVU | WUN | ZOL | ZAN | ÖST 5 |
SAL | SPA | NÜR 7 |
13th | 12 | ||||||||||||
1995 | BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW 318is | ZOL 1 6 |
ZOL 2 5 |
SPA 1 1 |
SPA 2 1 |
ÖST 1 1 |
ÖST 2 Ret |
HOC 1 6 |
HOC 2 14 |
NÜR 1 7 |
NÜR 2 6 |
SAL 1 1 |
SAL 2 1 |
AVU 1 2 |
AVU 2 1 |
NÜR 1 13 |
NÜR 2 2 |
1st | 418 | ||||
1997 | BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi | BMW 320i | HOC 1 4 |
HOC 2 2 |
ZOL 1 2 |
ZOL 2 2 |
NÜR 1 Ret |
NÜR 2 Ret |
SAC 1 1 |
SAC 2 1 |
NOR 1 1 |
NOR 2 1 |
WUN 1 2 |
WUN 2 3 |
ZWE 1 2 |
ZWE 2 5 |
SAL 1 4 |
SAL 2 2 |
REG 1 7 |
REG 2 1 |
NÜR 1 3 |
NÜR 2 2 |
2nd | 644 |
1998 | BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer | BMW 320i | HOC 1 3 |
HOC 2 3 |
NÜR 1 7 |
NÜR 2 7 |
SAC 1 9 |
SAC 2 2 |
NOR 1 10 |
NOR 2 5 |
REG 1 Ret |
REG 2 Ret |
WUN 1 10 |
WUN 2 11 |
ZWE 1 2 |
ZWE 2 2 |
SAL 1 13 |
SAL 2 16 |
OSC 1 4 |
OSC 2 3 |
NÜR 1 Ret |
NÜR 2 10 |
6th | 405 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Co-driver | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | ![]() |
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BMW M3 | A | 146 | 15th | 15th |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | ![]() |
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BMW V12 LM | LMP1 | 43 | DNF | DNF |
1999 | ![]() |
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BMW V12 LMR | LMP | 365 | 1st | 1st |
Year | Team | Car | Class | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | ![]() |
BMW M3 Sport Evolution | Group A Division 2 | - | - | 3rd |
1991 | ![]() |
BMW M3 Sport Evolution | DTM | - | - | DNF |
1992 | ![]() |
BMW M3 Sport Evolution | DTM | - | - | 2nd |
1993 | ![]() |
BMW 318i | FIA Class 2 | - | - | 2nd |
1994 | ![]() |
BMW 318is | FIA Class 2 | 1st | 1st | 1st |
1995 | ![]() |
BMW 318is | FIA Class 2 | 1st | DNF | - |
1996 | ![]() |
BMW 320i | FIA Class 2 | 1st | DNF | - |
1997 | ![]() |
BMW 320i | FIA Class 2 | DNF | 3rd | - |
1998 | ![]() |
BMW 320i | FIA Class 2 | 1st | 1st | 1st |
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