Manfred Winkelhock

Manfred Winkelhock

Winkelhock racing at the Nürburgring
Born	6 October 1951 Waiblingen, Germany
Died	12 August 1985 (aged 33) Bowmanville, Canada
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	German
Active years	1980, 1982–1985
Teams	Arrows, 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) was a German racing driver. Born in Waiblingen, he was the brother of Joachim Winkelhock and father of Markus Winkelhock, also both racing drivers.

Manfred Winkelhock flipped his F2 March at the very steep rise-and-fall Flugplatz corner on the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in 1980. 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 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. At the same time he was a regular sports car and touring car driver, winning the 1000km Monza with Marc Surer in 1985.

He was killed in the summer when he crashed heavily at 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.

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 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
	March Racing Ltd				HOC 12	NÜR Ret	PAU 8	MUG 9	VAL 4	ROU 12	DON 5	NOG 7	PER 9	MIS Ret	HOC 3
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
	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer MM81										SPA 5	DON 3	MIS	MAN

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 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA DNQ	CAN	USA			NC	0
1982	Team ATS	ATS D5	Cosworth 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	BMW inline-four	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	BMW inline-four	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
	MRD International	Brabham BT53	BMW inline-four																POR 10
1985	Skoal Bandit F1 Team	RAM 03	Hart inline-four	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