In 2008, as a DTM driver. |
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| Born | 13 June 1980 |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality | German |
| Active years | 2007 |
| Teams | Spyker |
| Races | 1 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 2007 European Grand Prix |
| Last race | 2007 European Grand Prix |
Markus Winkelhock (born June 13, 1980 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) is a German racing driver, who has taken part in one Formula One Grand Prix, which he briefly led. He is the son of the late Manfred Winkelhock and nephew of Joachim Winkelhock, both of whom were Formula One drivers in the 1980s.[1]
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Markus won races in a string of junior formulae including Formula König, German Formula Renault and the Formula Renault Eurocup from 1998-2000.[2]
In 2001, Winkelhock joined the German Formula 3 Championship, where he remained until the championship became the F3 Euroseries in 2003. His record was fifth overall in 2001 (three wins), seventh in 2002 (one win) and fourth in 2003 (two wins).[2]
He switched to touring car racing in 2004, with a season in the DTM in an AMG-Mercedes CLK. But he failed to score a point all year with the Persson team.[2]
Winkelhock switched back to single-seater racing in 2005, joining the World Series by Renault with Draco. He won three times but there were also some less than shining moments - notably when he crashed at Monaco in qualifying and on the first lap of the race.[2]
On January 24, 2006, Marcus Winkelhock was confirmed a test and reserve driver in the Midland F1 team, (formerly Jordan Grand Prix) for the 2006 Formula One season.[3] He participated in Friday test sessions for the team at the Bahrain, Australian, German and Hungarian Grands Prix.[2]
He was re-signed for 2007 by the team, now in its Spyker F1 guise.[4] He also made a brief return to the DTM in 2007, starting three races.[2]
Following Christijan Albers' departure from Spyker after the 2007 British Grand Prix, Winkelhock was confirmed as his replacement for the European Grand Prix on July 18.[5] The deal was only for one race with Sakon Yamamoto set to race for Spyker for the rest of the season.[6]
Due to Christijan Albers' departure from the Spyker F1 Team, Winkelhock was called in for the 10th race of the season, the European Grand Prix. Winkelhock started last on the 22-car grid alongside team mate Adrian Sutil. But on the formation lap with the rest of the field already on dry-weather tyres, the team made a last-second decision to call Winkelhock into the pits to switch to intermediate tyres. When pouring rain forced almost all the others to pit at the end of the first lap, Winkelhock was able to move into the lead, passing some cars as they pitted, and even passing Kimi Räikkönen on the track as the Finn tip-toed around to the pits, eventually building a lead of 33 seconds by the end of the second lap. By lap 4 he had a lead of 1:55.714 over Ferrari's Felipe Massa in 2nd place.
As the rain got heavier the race stewards first sent out the safety car, and then suspended the race following a series of spin-offs in the first corner behind the safety car. The race re-started after the rain had eased. Winkelhock and his team chose to start on full wet tyres on a drying track in the hope of further showers, as the team expected he would be overtaken by faster cars anyway. The gamble failed and, having re-started the race from pole position, Winkelhock quickly fell down the order. He retired on lap 15 with hydraulic problems that caused a small fire. He had led for a total of six laps.[7]
According to Bob Varsha of the Speed Channel commentary team, Winkelhock is the only driver in Formula One history to start last on the grid and lead the race in his first Grand Prix, and due to the red flag and restart, is also the only driver in Formula One history to start both last and first on the grid in the same Grand Prix.
Despite leading his debut race, the Spyker team eventually opted against giving Winkelhock a drive for the remainder of the 2007 season for sponsorship reasons, and instead decided to give the drive to former Super Aguri driver Sakon Yamamoto.
Winkelhock returned to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters after he lost his Spyker seat, and has remained in the series, driving for Team Rosberg, for 2008 (12th), 2009 (10th) and 2010 (12th).
For 2011, he will be competing in the FIA GT1 World Championship for the All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport team alongside team boss Marc Basseng driving a Lamborghini.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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| 2003 | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | Dallara F302/012 | HWA-Mercedes | HOC1 1 3 |
HOC1 2 4 |
ADR 1 Ret |
ADR 2 17 |
PAU 1 21 |
PAU 2 Ret |
NOR 1 Ret |
NOR 2 5 |
LMS 1 8 |
LMS 2 18 |
NÜR 1 1 |
NÜR 2 2 |
A1R 1 4 |
A1R 2 6 |
ZAN 1 4 |
ZAN 2 4 |
HOC2 1 Ret |
HOC2 2 2 |
MAG 1 1 |
MAG 2 9 |
4th | 71 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Draco Multiracing USA | ZOL 1 Ret |
ZOL 2 3 |
MON 1 DNS |
VAL 1 11 |
VAL 2 12 |
LMS 1 1 |
LMS 2 5 |
BIL 1 Ret |
BIL 2 7 |
OSC 1 Ret |
OSC 2 3 |
DON 1 5 |
DON 2 1 |
EST 1 4 |
EST 2 2 |
MNZ 1 3 |
MNZ 2 1 |
3rd | 114 |
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | WDC | Points |
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| 2006 | MF1 Racing | Midland M16 | Toyota RVX-06 2.4 V8 | BHR TD |
MAL |
AUS TD |
SMR |
EUR |
ESP |
MON |
GBR |
CAN |
USA |
FRA |
GER TD |
HUN TD |
TUR |
ITA |
CHN |
JPN |
BRA |
- | - |
| 2007 | Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team | Spyker F8-VII | Ferrari 056H 2.4 V8 | AUS |
MAL |
BHR |
ESP |
MON |
CAN |
USA |
FRA |
GBR |
EUR Ret |
HUN |
TUR |
ITA |
BEL |
JPN |
CHN |
BRA |
NC | 0 |
(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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Persson Motorsport | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2003 | HOC1 15 |
EST 17 |
ADR 20 |
LAU 13 |
NOR 18 |
SHA1 9 |
NÜR Ret |
OSC 16 |
ZAN 14 |
BRN 18 |
HOC2 13 |
19th | 0 |
| 2007 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2007 | HOC1 |
OSC |
LAU Ret |
BRH 14 |
NOR |
19th | 0 | ||||||
| Futurecom TME | Audi A4 DTM 2005 | MUG 9 |
ZAN 13 |
NÜR Ret |
CAT 12 |
HOC2 13 |
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| 2008 | Team Rosberg | Audi A4 DTM 2007 | HOC1 12 |
OSC 6 |
MUG 7 |
LAU Ret |
NOR 11 |
ZAN 8 |
NÜR 9 |
BRH 11 |
CAT 11 |
BUG 11 |
HOC2 Ret |
11th | 6 |
| 2009 | Team Rosberg | Audi A4 DTM 2008 | HOC1 4 |
LAU Ret |
NOR 13 |
ZAN DSQ |
OSC Ret |
NÜR 4 |
BRH Ret |
CAT Ret |
DIJ 10 |
HOC2 8 |
10th | 11 | |
| 2010 | Team Rosberg | Audi A4 DTM 2008 | HOC1 15 |
VAL Ret |
LAU 10 |
NOR Ret |
NÜR Ret |
ZAN DNS |
BRH Ret |
OSC Ret |
HOC2 Ret |
ADR 4 |
SHA 7 |
12th | 7 |
1 - Shanghai was a non-championship round.
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
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| 2011 | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Lamborghini | ABU QR 6 |
ABU CR 3 |
ZOL QR 1 |
ZOL CR 1 |
ALG QR 7 |
ALG CR 6 |
SAC QR 9 |
SAC CR Ret |
SIL QR Ret |
SIL CR 5 |
NAV QR 1 |
NAV CR 2 |
PRI QR 7 |
PRI CR 8 |
ORD QR EX |
ORD CR 8 |
BEI QR 12 |
BEI CR Ret |
SAN QR 6 |
SAN CR Ret |
5th | 102 |
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