Manfred Winkelhock

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Manfred Winkelhock
Winkelhock racing at the Nürburgring
Winkelhock racing at the Nürburgring
Formula One Career
Nationality Germany German
Active years 1980, 1982 - 1985
Team(s) Arrows, ATS, RAM
Grands Prix 56
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podium finishes    0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First Grand Prix 1980 Italian Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix 1985 German Grand Prix

Manfred Winkelhock (October 6, 1951 in Waiblingen - August 12, 1985 in Toronto, Canada) was a German auto racing driver.

Most people know Manfred Winkelhock as the man who flipped his F2 March at the Nürburgring in 1980. Winkelhock's first attempt at qualifying for a Formula One Grand Prix race was in Italy in 1980 when he stood in for the injured Jochen Mass at Arrows. With the support of BMW he landed a drive with ATS in 1982 but the car was rarely reliable and although he qualified well on several occasions there were few results and a lot of accidents. At the same time he was a regular sports car and touring car driver, winning the Monza 1000 with Marc Surer in 1985.

He was killed in the summer when he crashed heavily at turn 2 at Mosport Park near Toronto, Ontario, Canada, during the Budweiser 1000 km World Sportscar Championship event, driving a customer Porsche 956.

His brother Joachim Winkelhock later tried to become a Formula One driver with the AGS team, but never managed to qualify for a race, although he enjoyed a successful career in touring car racing.

In 2000, his son Markus Winkelhock emerged as a frontrunner in the German Formula 3 Championship. In 2004, Markus Winkelhock started in the German DTM in an AMG-Mercedes CLK. In 2006, he was the third driver for Midland F1 Racing at several Grand Prix weekends.

[edit] Complete Formula One Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Team WDC Points
1980 Arrows ARG
BRA
SAF
USAW
BEL
MON
FRA
GBR
GER
AUT
DUT
ITA
DNQ
CAN
USA
Arrows - 0
1982 ATS RSA
10
BRA
5
USAW
Ret
SMR
DSQ
BEL
Ret
MON
Ret
USAE
Ret
CAN
DNQ
DUT
12
GBR
DNQ
FRA
11
GER
Ret
AUT
Ret
SWI
Ret
ITA
DNQ
LAS
NC
ATS 22nd 2
1983 ATS BRA
16
USAW
Ret
FRA
Ret
SMR
11
MON
Ret
BEL
Ret
USAE
Ret
CAN
9
GBR
Ret
GER
DNQ
AUT
Ret
DUT
DSQ
ITA
Ret
EUR
8
RSA
Ret
ATS - 0
1984 ATS BRA
EX
RSA
Ret
BEL
Ret
SMR
Ret
FRA
Ret
MON
Ret
CAN
8
USAE
Ret
USA
8
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
AUT
DNS
DUT
Ret
ITA
DNS
EUR
POR
10
Brabham - 0
1985 RAM BRA
13
POR
NC
SMR
Ret
MON
DNQ
CAN
Ret
USA
Ret
FRA
12
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
AUT
DUT
ITA
BEL
EUR
RSA
AUS
RAM - 0
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