Markus Winkelhock
| Markus Winkelhock | |
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Winkelhock at the Brands Hatch round of the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season. | |
| Nationality |
 German |
| Born |
13 June 1980 Stuttgart, Germany |
| Previous series | |
| 2011–2012 2007 2006 2005 2004, 2007–2010 2003 2001, 2003 2001–2002 2000 2000 1999 1998 |
FIA GT1 World Championship Formula One Porsche Supercup Formula Renault 3.5 Series DTM Formula 3 Euro Series Masters of Formula 3 German F3 Championship Formula Renault 2000 Italy Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Formula Renault Germany Formula König |
| Championship titles | |
| 2012 | FIA GT1 World Championship |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| 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 13 June 1980) is a German professional 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] Having switched to sports and touring car racing, he has also won the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2012 with team-mate Marc Basseng.
Early career
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Born in Stuttgart, Winkelhock 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]
Formula One
On 24 January 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 18 July.[5] The deal was only for one race with Sakon Yamamoto set to race for Spyker for the rest of the season.[6]
Leading on Grand Prix debut
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 19 seconds by the end of the second lap. By lap 4 he had a lead of 33 seconds 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 restarted 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 restarted 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.
Post-Formula One career
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).
In 2011, he competed in the FIA GT1 World Championship for the All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport team alongside team boss Marc Basseng driving a Lamborghini. They won the championship the following year, the team having switched to the Mercedes SLS due to a change in the regulations.
Winkelhock was to move with Münnich Motorsport to the World Touring Car Championship for 2013,[8] however he left the team before the start of the season in order to focus on his GT racing commitments, and was replaced by defending champion Robert Huff.[9]
Racing record
Career summary
Complete Formula Three Euroseries results
(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | Dallara F302/012 | HWA-Mercedes | HOC 1 3 |
HOC 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 |
HOC 1 Ret |
HOC 2 2 |
MAG 1 1 |
MAG 2 9 |
4th | 71 |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(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 NC |
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 |
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 | 17 | 18 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Complete DTM 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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Persson Motorsport | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2003 | HOC 15 |
EST 17 |
ADR 20 |
LAU 13 |
NOR 18 |
SHA1 9 |
NÜR Ret |
OSC 16 |
ZAN 14 |
BRN 18 |
HOC 13 |
19th | 0 |
| 2007 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2007 | HOC | OSC | LAU Ret |
BRH 14 |
NOR | 19th | 0 | ||||||
| Futurecom TME | Audi A4 DTM 2005 | MUG 9 |
ZAN 13 |
NÜR Ret |
CAT 12 |
HOC 13 |
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| 2008 | Team Rosberg | Audi A4 DTM 2007 | HOC 12 |
OSC 6 |
MUG 7 |
LAU Ret |
NOR 11 |
ZAN 8 |
NÜR 9 |
BRH 11 |
CAT 11 |
BUG 11 |
HOC Ret |
11th | 6 |
| 2009 | Team Rosberg | Audi A4 DTM 2008 | HOC 4 |
LAU Ret |
NOR 13 |
ZAN DSQ |
OSC Ret |
NÜR 4 |
BRH Ret |
CAT Ret |
DIJ 10 |
HOC 8 |
10th | 11 | |
| 2010 | Team Rosberg | Audi A4 DTM 2008 | HOC 15 |
VAL Ret |
LAU 10 |
NOR Ret |
NÜR Ret |
ZAN DNS |
BRH Ret |
OSC Ret |
HOC Ret |
ADR 4 |
SHA 7 |
12th | 7 |
1 – Shanghai was a non-championship round.
Complete GT1 World Championship results
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2012 | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Mercedes-Benz | NOG QR 6 |
NOG CR 3 |
ZOL QR 6 |
ZOL CR 9 |
NAV QR 5 |
NAV QR 2 |
SVK QR 4 |
SVK CR 3 |
ALG QR 1 |
ALG CR 2 |
SVK QR 3 |
SVK CR 2 |
MOS QR 2 |
MOS CR 5 |
NUR QR 3 |
NUR CR 2 |
DON QR 5 |
DON CR EX |
1st | 145 | ||
Complete FIA GT Series results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Phoenix Racing | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Pro | NOG QR |
NOG CR |
ZOL QR |
ZOL CR |
ZAN QR |
ZAN CR |
SVK QR |
SVK CR |
NAV QR |
NAV CR |
BAK QR 9 |
BAK CR 12 |
NC | 0‡ |
‡ — Guest driver – Not eligible for points.
Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Phoenix Racing | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Pro | NOG QR 2 |
NOG CR Ret |
BRH QR 5 |
BRH CR Ret |
ZAN QR Ret |
ZAN CR 11 |
SVK QR 15 |
SVK CR Ret |
ALG QR Ret |
ALG CR 6 |
ZOL QR 16 |
ZOL CR 18 |
BAK QR 6 |
BAK CR 3 |
11th | 32 |
| 2015 | Phoenix Racing | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Pro | NOG QR Ret |
NOG CR 8 |
BRH QR |
BRH CR |
ZOL QR |
ZOL CR |
MOS QR |
MOS CR |
ALG QR |
ALG CR |
MIS QR |
MIS CR |
BAK QR |
BAK CR |
8th* | 4* |
* Season in progress.
References
- ↑ "F1's famous names return". F1Fanatic.co.uk. 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Who's Who: Markus Winkelhock". F1Fanatic.co.uk. 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ↑ "Markus Winkelhock is MF1 Racing's test driver". NewsOnF1.net. 2006-01-25. Retrieved 2006-11-12.
- ↑ "Spyker announces four test drivers". GPUpdate.net. 2007-02-01. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ↑ "Winkelhock name to return to F1". news.bbc.co.uk. 2007-07-18. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
- ↑ "Spyker confirm Yamamoto deal". Autosport.com. 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ↑ "European Grand Prix 2007 statistics and facts". F1Fanatic.co.uk. 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
- ↑ "Basseng and Winkelhock set for WTCC 2013". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 8 November 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ↑ "ROB HUFF DEFENDS TITLE WITH ALL-LINKL.COM". World Touring Car Championship (Kigema Sport Organisation). 27 February 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Markus Winkelhock. |
- Official website
- Markus Winkelhock's career statistics at Driver Database
- Who's Who: Markus Winkelhock at F1Fanatic
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| Preceded by Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr |
FIA GT1 World Champion 2012 with: Marc Basseng |
Succeeded by None (Series ended) |
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