Joachim Winkelhock
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| Born |
24 October 1960 Waiblingen, Germany |
|---|---|
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 German |
| 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 |
Joachim Winkelhock (born 24 October 1960) is a German motor racing driver.
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.
Career
After the death of his brother interrupted his career in 1985, he resumed later on, winning the 1988 German Formula Three Championship as well as that year's European Cup, at the unusually late age of 28. The next year was less successful, as he tried Formula One with the small AGS team. Failing to pre-qualify on 7 occasions, Winkelhock then linked up with BMW Motorsport in touring car racing and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft.
He won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 1990 and 1991 with a BMW M3 entered by Schnitzer Motorsport.
His first title was the 1993 British Touring Car Championship. There, 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, he joined Opel in the new Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, and in 2003 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 17th greatest touring car driver ever.[4]
Racing record
Complete Formula One results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives | AGS JH23B | Cosworth V8 | BRA DNPQ |
SMR DNPQ |
MON DNPQ |
MEX DNPQ |
USA DNPQ |
CAN DNPQ |
FRA DNPQ |
GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | NC | 0 |
Partial Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters results
(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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | M Team Team Schnitzer | BMW M3 Sport Evolution | ZOL 1 Ret |
ZOL 2 9 |
NÜR 1 9 |
NÜR 2 4 |
WUN 1 10 |
WUN 2 Ret |
AVU 1 5 |
AVU 2 Ret |
HOC 1 11 |
HOC 2 7 |
NÜR 1 12 |
NÜR 2 11 |
NOR 1 1 |
NOR 2 2 |
BRN 1 Ret |
BRN 2 6 |
DIE 1 6 |
DIE 2 9 |
ALE 1 Ret |
ALE 2 Ret |
NÜR 1 7 |
NÜR 2 5 |
HOC 1 4 |
HOC 2 3 |
8th | 110 |
| 2000 | Team Holzer | Opel Astra V8 Coupé | HOC 1 10 |
HOC 2 6 |
OSC 1 2 |
OSC 2 2 |
NOR 1 1 |
NOR 2 4 |
SAC 1 Ret |
SAC 2 19 |
NÜR 1 9 |
NÜR 2 19 |
LAU 1 C |
LAU 2 C |
OSC 1 NC |
OSC 2 Ret |
NÜR 1 5 |
NÜR 2 5 |
HOC 1 3 |
HOC 2 2 |
5th | 113 | ||||||
| 2001 | Team Holzer | Opel Astra V8 Coupé | HOC QR Ret |
HOC CR DNS |
NÜR QR 19 |
NÜR CR 13 |
OSC QR 21 |
OSC CR 17 |
SAC QR 15 |
SAC CR Ret |
NOR QR 6 |
NOR CR 4 |
LAU QR Ret |
LAU CR 14 |
NÜR QR 16 |
NÜR CR 13 |
A1R QR 16 |
A1R CR 9 |
ZAN QR Ret |
ZAN CR DNS |
HOC QR Ret |
HOC CR DNS |
16th | 12 | ||||
| 2002 | OPC Team Phoenix | Opel Astra V8 Coupé | HOC QR 16 |
HOC CR 10 |
ZOL QR 18 |
ZOL CR 17 |
DON QR Ret |
DON CR DNS |
SAC QR 5 |
SAC CR 5 |
NOR QR 6 |
NOR CR Ret |
LAU QR 7 |
LAU CR 6 |
NÜR QR 13 |
NÜR CR 15 |
A1R QR 9 |
A1R CR 19 |
ZAN QR 15 |
ZAN CR 10 |
HOC QR 9 |
HOC CR 7 |
13th | 3 | ||||
| 2003 | OPC Euroteam | Opel Astra V8 Coupé | HOC 16 |
ADR 9 |
NÜR 10 |
LAU 11 |
NOR 8 |
DON 10 |
NÜR 13 |
A1R 14 |
ZAN 15 |
HOC Ret |
15th | 1 |
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(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 |
Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results
(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 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Team BMW Motorsport |
 Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto |
BMW V12 LM | LMP1 | 43 | DNF | DNF |
| 1999 | BMW Motorsport |
Pierluigi Martini Yannick Dalmas |
BMW V12 LMR | LMP | 365 | 1st | 1st |
References
- ↑ "Jo Winkelhock Calls It A Day". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ↑ "Joachim Winkelhock would put his money on Audi". dtm.com. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ↑ "Winkelhock - Unser Team". winkelhock.de. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ↑ "Top 20 tin-top drivers". motorsportmagazine.com. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joachim Winkelhock. |
- Personal website
- Winkelhock at ChicaneF1
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Inaugural |
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion 1987 |
Succeeded by Roland Asch |
| Preceded by Steve Kempton |
FIA European Formula Three Cup winner 1988 |
Succeeded by Gianni Morbidelli |
| Preceded by Bernd Schneider |
German Formula Three champion 1988 |
Succeeded by Karl Wendlinger |
| Preceded by Tim Harvey |
British Touring Car Champion 1993 |
Succeeded by Gabriele Tarquini |
| Preceded by Charles Kwan |
Guia Race winner 1994 |
Succeeded by Kelvin Burt |
| Preceded by Johnny Cecotto |
Super Tourenwagen Cup Champion 1995 |
Succeeded by Emanuele Pirro |
| Preceded by Steve Soper |
Guia Race winner 1998 |
Succeeded by Michael Bartels |
| Preceded by Laurent Aïello Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli |
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1999 with: Pierluigi Martini Yannick Dalmas |
Succeeded by Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro |