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Joachim Winkelhock
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Driver Details
Nationality Flag of Germany German
P.o.B. Flag of Baden Württemberg Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
D.o.B. 24 October 1960
D.o.D.
Début Flag of Germany 2000 Hockenheim Opening Race 1
Final Race Unknown
Best 5th (2000)
Previous Teams Flag of Germany Team Holzer; Flag of Germany Phoenix Racing; Flag of Germany Euroteam
DTM Career
Total Entries 67 (63 Starts)
No. 4; 3; 8; 16
Wins Points Poles
1 129 2
Fastest Laps 1
Podiums 5
First Win Flag of Germany 2000 Norisring Race 1
Last Win Unknown

Joachim Winkelhock (born 24 October 1960 in Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany) is a German former racing driver, who competed in the DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship between 2000 and 2003.[1] A former Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft entrant and uncle of former DTM racer Markus Winkelhock, Winkelhock would claim one victory during his DTM career, before retiring from motorsport at the end of the 2003 season aged 43.[2]

Winkelhock would be one of the founding drivers for the revived DTM, as Opel signed him to help spearhead their entry, placing him alongside Uwe Alzen at Team Holzer.[3] The German racer would become a regular point scorer during the season, and would claim his sole DTM victory at the Norisring en-route to fifth in the Championship.[4]

Retained by Opel for 2001, Winkelhock would keep his place at Team Hozler, but would get a new teammate in the form of Timo Scheider.[5] A more disappointing sophomore season would follow for the elder German, claiming just two points finishes across the season to leave him down in sixteenth in the Championship.[6]

Phoenix Racing hired Winkelhock for the 2002 season, placing him alongside Manuel Reuter who had been Opel's strongest driver to that point.[7] However, it would be another miserable season for Winkelhock, as the German racer again only claimed a handful of points en-route to thirteenth in the Championship.[8]

Opel hence opted to move Winkelhock to the customer Euroteam for the 2003 season, with the veteran racer acting as a coach for Jeroen Bleekemolen in the Dutchman's rookie season.[1] Yet, for the third season in a row Winkelhock would be outscored by his teammate, and duly opted to call time on his racing career after claiming fifteenth in the Championship.[2]

Background[]

Winkelhock began his career following in the footsteps of elder brother Manfred Winkelhock, before entering his first racing series in 1981.[9] After a single campaign Winkelhock would move into the German Formula 3 Championship in 1983, although he would only complete one race.[9] Winkelhock would subsequently take time away from racing after the death of his brother in an accident at the 1000km of Monza.[9]

Formulae Fast-track: 1986 - 1989[]

Winkelhock returned to racing in 1986, combining a run to the Championship in the Porsche 944 Turbo Cup with a partial campaign in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, finishing seventeenth.[9] For 1987 Winkelhock would compete in several races in various F3 Championships, the World Touring Car Championship and the Meisterschaft, and would end the season as runner-up in the German F3 Championship.[9] For 1988 Winkelhock would follow decide to focus entirely on F3 racing, and duly claimed the German F3 title, as well as taking the F3 European cup title.[9]

His F3 success earned Winkelhock the attention of AGS in Formula One, although the team had a very slow car compared to the rest of the field.[9] Indeed, after failing to pre-qualify for the first seven races, Winkelhock would leave the team, and would instead spend the rest of 1989 driving for a factory Mercedes in the Meisterschaft, albeit without much success.[9]

Meisterschaft and Touring: 1990 - 1996[]

For 1990 Winkelhock was signed as a factory driver for BMW, and duly secured victory at the Nürburgring 24 Hours with the Bavarian marque, while also claiming sixth in the Meisterschaft.[9] A similar campaign for Winkelhock would follow in 1991, with a second straight N24 win preceeding a run to seventh in the Meisterschaft.[9] In 1992 Winkelhock would be removed from BMW's endurance programme, although he did continue in the Meisterschaft, claiming eighth in the Championship.[9] He would also claim victory in Pukekohe 500 in Australia, while also compete in Italian Touring Cars.[9]

For 1993 BMW moved Winkelhock to the British Touring Car Championship, where the German racer quickly emerged as a fan favourite with the moniker "Smokin' Jo" due to his smoking habit.[9] His reputation was further enhanced by claiming the BTCC title in 1993, leading to BMW placing him in the Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship for 1994.[9] Winkelhock also won that Championship title, with further appearances in the Japanese Touring Car Championship and FIA Touring Car World Cup with the BMW squad.[9]

1995 saw Winkelhock claim the Championship title in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Cup, among other exploits in JTCC and the Touring Car World Cup.[9] A return to the BTCC would follow in 1996, with Winkelhock running to fifth in the Championship for BMW, while also running in the ISTCC for a third year without great success.[9]

A BMW Legend: 1997 - 1999[]

Winkelhock returned to BMW's endurance programme in 1997, with the German racer claiming second at the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, while also claiming second in the German Supertouring Championship.[9] 1998 saw Winkelhock make his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, retiring early on, combined with a run to sixth in German STC.[9] Victory at the 1999 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans would then seal Winkelhock's status as a BMW racing legend, with the German racer also representing the marque in the American Le Mans Series.[9]

DTM History[]

Full DTM Record[]

Joachim Winkelhock's full results from his 63 starts in the DTM are outlined in a series of tables below.

DTM Entries[]

The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for Joachim Winkelhock during their DTM career:

Joachim Winkelhock's Overall DTM Record
Year Entrant No. Car Pos. Pts. Livery
2000 Flag of Germany Opel Team Holzer I[3] 4 Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 5th 113 WIN 00 Livery
2001 Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer I[5] 3 Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2001 16th 12 File:WIN 01 Livery.png
2002 Flag of Germany OPC Team Phoenix[7] 8 Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2002 13th 3 WIN 02 Livery
2003 Flag of Germany OPC Euroteam[1] 16 Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2002 15th 1 WIN 03 Livery

Career Results[]

Below is a table showing Joachim Winkelhock's full DTM record:

Joachim Winkelhock DTM Championship Record
Year Rounds Pos. Pts.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2000 Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany 5th 113
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
10th 6th 2nd 2nd 1st 4th Ret 19th 9th 19th CAN CAN NC Ret 5th 5th 3rd 2nd
2001 Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Germany 16th 12
Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F
Ret DNS 19th 13th 21st 17th 15th Ret 6th 4th Ret 14th 16th 13th 16th 9th Ret DNS Ret DNS
2002 Flag of Germany Flag of Belgium Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Germany 13th 3
Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F
16th 10th 18th 17th Ret DNS 5th 5th 6th Ret 7th 6th 13th 15th 9th 19th 15th 10th 9th 7th
2003 Flag of Germany Flag of Italy Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Dutch Flag Flag of Germany 15th 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
16th 9th 10th 11th 8th 10th 13th 14th 15th Ret
Results Key
Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning
1st Winner Ret Retired
2nd Second DSQ Disqualified
3rd Third DNS Did Not Start
7th Points Scorer NC Not Classified
Italics Fastest Lap CAN Race Cancelled
16th Non-points finish Non-Championship Race
Bold Pole Position 3 Points for Qualifying

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2000 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship
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Car/engine
Abt-Audi TT-R 2000Audi 4.0l V8AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000AMG 4.0l V8Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000Opel 4.0l V8
Teams
24h Service AMG-MercedesAbt Sportsline IAbt Sportsline IID2 AMG-MercedesEuroteamOpel Team Holzer IOpel Team Holzer IIOpel Team IrmscherOpel Team PhoenixOriginal Teile AMG-MercedesWarsteiner AMG-Mercedes
Drivers
1 Bernd Schneider2 Thomas Jäger3 Uwe Alzen4 Joachim Winkelhock5 Klaus Ludwig6 Marcel Fässler7 Manuel Reuter8 Michael Bartels9 Laurent Aïello10 Christian Abt11 Éric Hélary12 Christian Menzel14/24 Pedro Lamy15/42 Darren Turner16 Stefano Modena17 Timo Scheider18 Marcel Tiemann19 Peter Dumbreck20 Kris Nissen21 James Thompson23 Roland Asch
Races
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1 Bernd Schneider2 Jean Alesi3 Laurent Aïello4 Karl Wendlinger5 Uwe Alzen6 Marcel Fässler7 Manuel Reuter8 Joachim Winkelhock9 Mattias Ekström10 Christian Abt11 Thomas Jäger12 Peter Dumbreck14 Timo Scheider15 Michael Bartels16 Marcel Tiemann/Bernd Mayländer17 Patrick Huisman18 Alain Menu19 Yves Olivier23 Martin Tomczyk24 Stefan Mücke31 Johnny Cecotto42 Christijan Albers43 JJ Lehto44 Éric Hélary
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