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Markus Winkelhock
Racecar driver

Markus Winkelhock

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Racecar driver
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Stuttgart
Age
44 years
Family
Father:
Manfred Winkelhock
Markus Winkelhock
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Biography

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 Manfred Winkelhock and nephew of Joachim Winkelhock, both of whom were Formula One drivers in the 1980s. 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

Winkelhock driving in the German F3 series in 2002.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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. He participated in Friday test sessions for the team at the Bahrain, Australian, German and Hungarian Grands Prix.

He was re-signed for 2007 by the team, now in its Spyker F1 guise. He also made a brief return to the DTM in 2007, starting three races.

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. The deal was only for one race with Sakon Yamamoto set to race for Spyker for the rest of the season.

2007 European Grand Prix

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.

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 driving for Audi (Team Rosberg) in the 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season at the Hockenheimring.

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, 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.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesPolesWinsPointsPosition
1998Formula König ?9231612nd
1999Formula Renault GermanySL Formula Racing812724th
Lechner Racing
2000Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup ? ? ?1786th
Formula Renault 2000 ItalySL Racing400821st
2001German Formula ThreeMücke Motorsport20231415th
Masters of Formula ThreeADAC Berlin-Brandenburg100N/A36th
2002German Formula ThreeMücke Motorsport1821287th
2003Formula Three EuroseriesMücke Motorsport2012714th
Masters of Formula ThreeADAC Berlin-Brandenburg100N/A6th
2004Deutsche Tourenwagen MastersTeam Persson1000019th
2005World Series by RenaultDraco Multiracing USA17131143rd
2006Formula OneMF1 RacingTest driver
Porsche SupercupPorsche AG1000NC
2007Formula OneEtihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team1000NC
Deutsche Tourenwagen MastersAudi Sport Team Abt Sportsline200019th
Futurecom TME5000
2008Deutsche Tourenwagen MastersTeam Rosberg1100611th
2009Deutsche Tourenwagen MastersTeam Rosberg10001110th
2010Deutsche Tourenwagen MastersTeam Rosberg1100712th
2011GT1 World ChampionshipAll-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport20031025th
2012GT1 World ChampionshipAll-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport18011451st
2013GT SeriesPhoenix Racing2000NC‡
Blancpain Endurance Series5001223rd
2014Blancpain Sprint SeriesPhoenix Racing14003211th
Blancpain Endurance Series1014310th
World Rallycross ChampionshipEKS RX100056th
2015Blancpain Sprint SeriesPhoenix Racing1400489th
Blancpain Endurance Series5000NC
2016ADAC GT MastersPhoenix Racing10002230th
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup8000NC
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup1001821st
Intercontinental GT Challenge300335th

‡ As Winkelhock was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula Three Euroseries results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2003ADAC Berlin-BrandenburgDallara F302/012HWA-MercedesHOC
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
4th71

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2005Draco Multiracing USAZOL
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
3rd114

Complete Formula One results

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112131415161718WDCPoints
2006MF1 RacingMidland M16Toyota RVX-06 2.4 V8BHR
TD
MALAUS
TD
SMREURESPMONGBRCANUSAFRAGER
TD
HUN
TD
TURITACHNJPNBRA – –
2007Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 TeamSpyker F8-VIIFerrari 056H 2.4 V8AUSMALBHRESPMONCANUSAFRAGBREUR
Ret
HUNTURITABELJPNCHNBRANC0

Complete DTM results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar1234567891011PosPoints
2004Persson MotorsportAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2003HOC
15
EST
17
ADR
20
LAU
13
NOR
18
SHA1
9
NÜR
Ret
OSC
16
ZAN
14
BRN
18
HOC
13
19th0
2007Abt SportslineAudi A4 DTM 2007HOCOSCLAU
Ret
BRH
14
NOR19th0
Futurecom TMEAudi A4 DTM 2005MUG
9
ZAN
13
NÜR
Ret
CAT
12
HOC
13
2008Team RosbergAudi A4 DTM 2007HOC
12
OSC
6
MUG
7
LAU
Ret
NOR
11
ZAN
8
NÜR
9
BRH
11
CAT
11
BUG
11
HOC
Ret
11th6
2009Team RosbergAudi A4 DTM 2008HOC
4
LAU
Ret
NOR
13
ZAN
DSQ
OSC
Ret
NÜR
4
BRH
Ret
CAT
Ret
DIJ
10
HOC
8
10th11
2010Team RosbergAudi A4 DTM 2008HOC
15
VAL
Ret
LAU
10
NOR
Ret
NÜR
Ret
ZAN
DNS
BRH
Ret
OSC
Ret
HOC
Ret
ADR
4
SHA
7
12th7

1 – Shanghai was a non-championship round.

Complete GT1 World Championship results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920PosPoints
2011All-Inkl.com Münnich MotorsportLamborghini Murciélago LP670 R-SVABU
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
5th102
2012All-Inkl.com Münnich MotorsportMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3NOG
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
1st145

Complete FIA GT Series results

YearTeamCarClass123456789101112Pos.Points
2013Phoenix RacingAudi R8 LMS ultraProNOG
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
NC0‡

‡ — Guest driver – Not eligible for points.

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314Pos.Points
2014Phoenix RacingAudi R8 LMS ultraProNOG
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
11th32
2015Phoenix RacingAudi R8 LMS ultraProNOG
QR
Ret
NOG
CR
8
BRH
QR
6
BRH
CR
8
ZOL
QR
4
ZOL
CR
5
MOS
QR
10†
MOS
CR
6†
ALG
QR
3
ALG
CR
2
MIS
QR
12
MIS
CR
12
ZAN
QR
3
ZAN
CR
Ret
9th48
2016Phoenix RacingAudi R8 LMSProMIS
QR
15
MIS
CR
27
BRH
QR
13
BRH
CR
11
NÜR
QR
21
NÜR
CR
22
HUN
QR
WD
HUN
CR
WD
CAT
QR
Ret
CAT
CR
16
NC0

† Winkelhock was ineligible to score points during the Moscow weekend due to Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof's absence.

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

YearEntrantCar123456789101112PosPoints
2014EKS RXAudi S1PORGBRNORFIN
24
SWEBELCANFRAGERITATURARG56th0

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