Manfred Winkelhock

Manfred Winkelhock
Manfred Winkelhock
Born	6 October 1951; ATS, Brabham, RAM
Entries	56 (47 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	2
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1980 Italian Grand Prix
Last entry	1985 German Grand Prix

Manfred Winkelhock (6 October 1951 – 12 August 1985)

ATS, Brabham and RAM Racing, with a best finish of fifth at the 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix. He is the older brother of Joachim and Thomas Winkelhock and father of Markus Winkelhock

, who are all also racing drivers.

Racing career

Born in Waiblingen on 6 October 1951, Manfred Winkelhock was the older brother of Joachim Winkelhock. 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

Group 4 racing version that was painted by pop artist Andy Warhol for the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[3] They came in 6th overall and 2nd in their class.^[3]

Winkelhock's first attempt at qualifying for a

ATS in 1982. As BMW became the team's engine supplier in 1983, he qualified well on several occasions in 1983 and 1984

, but the car was rarely reliable, so there were few results and a lot of accidents.

His son, Markus Winkelhock, 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 he was a regular

Sunnybrook Medical Center in Toronto.^[1]

At the time of Winkelhock's death, he was a driver for the

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 1985

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
1978	Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 782	BMW	THR 5												8th	11
1978	March Racing Ltd	March 782	BMW		HOC 12	NÜR Ret	PAU 8	MUG 9	VAL 4	ROU 12	DON 5	NOG 7	PER 9	MIS Ret	HOC 3	8th	11
1979	Cassani Racing	Ralt RT1	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR 3	VAL	MUG	PAU	HOC	ZAN	PER	MIS	DON	16th	4
1980	ICI Racing Team	March 802	BMW	THR Ret	HOC Ret	NÜR Ret	VAL 10	PAU 8	SIL 9	ZOL 7	MUG 10	ZAN 10	PER 3	MIS 9	HOC 7	13th	4
1981	Schäfer Racing	Ralt RT2	BMW	SIL	HOC 2	THR Ret	NÜR DSQ	VAL	MUG	PAU	PER					9th	12
1981	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer MM81	BMW									SPA 5	DON 3	MIS	MAN	9th	12

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	WDC	Points
1980	Warsteiner Arrows	Arrows A3	Cosworth DFV V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA DNQ	CAN	USA			NC	0
1982	Team ATS	ATS D5	Cosworth DFV V8	RSA 10	BRA 5	USW Ret	SMR DSQ	BEL Ret	MON Ret	DET Ret	CAN DNQ	NED 12	GBR DNQ	FRA 11	GER Ret	AUT Ret	SUI Ret	ITA DNQ	CPL NC	24th	2
1983	Team ATS	ATS D6	L4t	BRA 16	USW Ret	FRA Ret	SMR 11	MON Ret	BEL Ret	DET Ret	CAN 9	GBR Ret	GER DNQ	AUT Ret	NED DSQ	ITA Ret	EUR 8	RSA Ret		NC	0
1984	Team ATS	ATS D7	L4t	BRA EX	RSA Ret	BEL Ret	SMR Ret	FRA Ret	MON Ret	CAN 8	DET Ret	DAL 8	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT DNS	NED Ret	ITA DNS	EUR		NC	0
1984	MRD International	Brabham BT53	L4t																POR 10	NC	0
1985	Skoal Bandit F1 Team	RAM 03	L4t	BRA 13	POR NC	SMR Ret	MON DNQ	CAN Ret	DET Ret	FRA 12	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT	NED	ITA	BEL	EUR	RSA	AUS	NC	0

References

^ ^a ^b "Controversy Erupts Over Death of Race Driver". Los Angeles Times. August 14, 1985. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
^ "Manfred_Winkelhock". www.oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
^
ISBN 978-0-7603-0898-1
.

^ Associated Press wire story. Title "West German racer dies at Toronto. Accessed 29 August 2021. Link: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19850810&id=6pQgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_2cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1485,2017867

Sporting positions
Preceded by Hans-Joachim Stuck	Guia Race winner 1981	Succeeded by Helmut Greiner

[auto-1] "Controversy Erupts Over Death of Race Driver". Los Angeles Times. August 14, 1985. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

[2] "Manfred_Winkelhock". www.oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

[:0-3] 
ISBN 978-0-7603-0898-1
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[4] Associated Press wire story. Title "West German racer dies at Toronto. Accessed 29 August 2021. Link: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19850810&id=6pQgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_2cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1485,2017867

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