Manfred Winkelhock

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Manfred Winkelhock (6 October 1951 – 12 August 1985) was a German racing driver, who competed in Formula One between Template:Ifnumber and Template:Ifnumber.Template:Efn

Born and raised in Waiblingen, Winkelhock was the older brother of Joachim and Thomas. Winkelhock participated in 56 Formula One Grands Prix for Arrows, ATS, Brabham and RAM, with a best finish of fifth at the 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix.

During the 1985 1000 km of Mosport, Winkelhock died following a single-vehicle collision with a concrete barrier, driving the Porsche 962C for Kremer. His son Markus went on to also compete in Formula One at the 2007 European Grand Prix for Spyker, and won the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2012 with Münnich.

Racing career

Born in Waiblingen on 6 October 1951,^[1] Winkelhock was the older brother of Joachim and Thomas. He began racing in Formula Two in 1978 and survived a major crash at Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit. The front wing of his March 802, still made of metal at that time, got bent early in the race, suffering some loss of downforce. Despite driving carefully, in the fourth lap, when going over the very steep rise of Quiddelbacher Höhe before Flugplatz corner, the car suddenly lifted its nose, went airborne, somersaulted backwards and then sideways.

Winkelhock along with Hervé Poulain and Marcel Mignot drove a BMW M1 Group 4 racing version that was painted by pop artist Andy Warhol for the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[2] They came in 6th overall and 2nd in their class.^[2]

Winkelhock's first attempt at qualifying for a Formula One Grand Prix race was in Italy, when he stood in for the injured Jochen Mass at Arrows. He was able to land a drive with ATS in Template:Ifnumber. As BMW became the team's engine supplier in Template:Ifnumber, he qualified well on several occasions in 1983 and Template:Ifnumber, but the car was rarely reliable, so there were few results and a lot of accidents.

Winkelhock's son, Markus, is also a racing driver. He participated in only one F1 race, the European GP at the Nürburgring in 2007, and led for six laps due to rain.

Death

At the same time, Winkelhock was a regular sports car and touring car driver, winning the 1000km Monza with Marc Surer in 1985. He was killed in the summer of 1985 when he crashed heavily at the fearsome Turn 2 at Mosport Park of Bowmanville near Toronto, Ontario, Canada, during the Budweiser 1000 km World Endurance Championship event, driving a Porsche 962C for Kremer Racing with co-driver Marc Surer. The crash was Sunday, 11 August and he succumbed to injuries the next day^[3] while at the Sunnybrook Medical Center in Toronto.^[4]

At the time of Winkelhock's death, he was a driver for the Skoal Bandit sponsored RAM Racing team in Formula One, though it had been a frustrating season with a best finish of 12th in the 1985 French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard. His death saw him replaced by Northern Irish driver Kenny Acheson, though lack of money saw the team fold before the end of the Template:Ifnumber season.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship 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	Pos	Pts
Template:F2	Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 782	BMW	THR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".												8th	11
Template:F2	March Racing Ltd	March 782	BMW		HOC 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PAU 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MUG 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ROU 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DON 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOG 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PER 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIS RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	8th	11
Template:F2	Cassani Racing	Ralt RT1	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL	MUG	PAU	HOC	ZAN	PER	MIS	DON	16th	4
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Template:F2	Schäfer Racing	Ralt RT2	BMW	SIL	HOC 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	THR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL	MUG	PAU	PER					9th	12
Template:F2	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer MM81	BMW									SPA 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DON 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIS	MAN	9th	12

Complete Formula One results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1980	Warsteiner Arrows	Arrows A3	Cosworth DFV V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAN	USA			NC	0
1982	Team ATS	ATS D5	Cosworth DFV V8	RSA 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRA 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	USW RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SMR DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BEL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MON RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DET RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAN DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUI RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CPL NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	24th	2
1983	Team ATS	ATS D6	BMW M12 L4 t	BRA 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	USW RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SMR 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MON RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BEL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DET RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAN 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	EUR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		NC	0
1984	Team ATS	ATS D7	BMW M12 L4 t	BRA EXScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BEL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SMR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MON RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAN 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DET RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	EUR		NC	0
1984	MRD International	Brabham BT53	BMW M12 L4 t																POR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NC	0
1985	Skoal Bandit F1 Team	RAM 03	Hart 415T L4 t	BRA 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POR NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SMR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MON DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAN RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DET RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT	NED	ITA	BEL	EUR	RSA	AUS	NC	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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1979	Template:Flagicon H. Poulain	Template:Flagicon Hervé Poulain Template:Flagicon Marcel Mignot	BMW M1	IMSA	288	6th	2nd
1982	Template:Flagicon Ford-Werke AG Template:Flagicon Zakspeed	Template:Flagicon Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford C100	C	71	DNF	DNF

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Manfred Winkelhock

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