Joachim Winkelhock

Joachim Winkelhock (born 24 October 1960) is a German motor racing driver. He competed in and won German Formula Three before moving onto Formula One. Winkelhock would compete in the 1989 season of F1 with the Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives where he would fail to qualify for a race before being replaced mid season with driver Yannick Dalmas. After his brief stint in Formula One Winkelhock would later race in Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft until 2003. The height of Winkelhock's career was his 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans win for BMW. Winkelhock is part of a racing family with his late older brother Manfred Winkelhock, his younger brother, Thomas Winkelhock, and his nephew, son of Manfred, Markus Winkelhock all being racing drivers.

Career

Winkelhock started in the one-make Renault 5 Cup in 1979 but it would be almost a decade before he found his first major success, by winning the 1988 German Formula Three Championship as well as that year's F3 European Cup (at the unusually late age of 28). He progressed the following year to Formula One with the small French AGS team, who paired him with his future touring car rival Gabriele Tarquini; Winklehock's brief time in F1 was unsuccessful, failing to pre-qualify the car on 7 occasions. His reputation however remained strong enough that he was subsequently hired by BMW Motorsport for German's premier touring car racing series the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, first for the Bigazzi and then Schnitzer teams. He finished 6th, 7th and 8th in the final standings and scored three wins in total during his three years in the series, as well as winning the 1990 and 1991 24 Hours of Nürburgring races for BMW and Schnitzer.

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Winkelhock driving for BMW at Brands Hatch during the 1994 British Touring Car Championship season.

When BMW exited the DTM at the end of 1992 Winkelhock moved with the manufacturer and Schnitzer to the British Touring Car Championship, where he and teammate Steve Soper dominated the first half of the 1993 season. The pair took 7 wins from the first 8 rounds (Winklehock four, Soper three). Although the second half of the year was more challenging for Winkelhock, seeing him earn only one more win, he was still eventually crowned champion. During his time in Britain, he was also commonly known as Smokin' Jo for his cigarette smoking habit. Winkelhock's next win was the 1994 Asia Pacific Touring Car Championship, and in 1995 he won the German Supertouring Championship (STW). He also triumphed in the 1995 Spa 24 Hours, and the 1994 and 1998 Macau Grand Prix's Guia touring car races. His last success for BMW came at the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, which he won driving the BMW V12 LMR prototype run by Schnitzer Motorsport.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web

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Winkelhock driving the OPC Team Phoenix Opel Astra at the Sachsenring during the 2002 DTM season.

In 2000, Winkelhock joined Opel in the new Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (a revived version of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, which had been defunct since 1995). In his first season in the new DTM Winkelhock was competitive, winning at the Norisring and finishing 5th in the final standings. However, the collapse in Opel's fortunes in DTM after 2000 saw a consequent decline in Winkelhock's fortunes and after a 2003 season in which he only scored a single point, he announced his retirement from motor racing at the age of 43.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He runs his family's Waiblingen-based truck-crane and towing business, occasionally getting personally involved in recovering crashed trucks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

A special edition of the BMW M5 has been made in honor of Joachim Winkelhock.

A 2005 poll run by Motor Sport magazine voted Winkelhock the 16th greatest touring car driver ever.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Winkelhock is nicknamed "Smokin' Jo".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Racing record

Complete German Formula Three results

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

Year	Entrant	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Pts
1987	WTS Racing Team	VW	A	NÜR Template:Small	AVU Template:Small	ZOL Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	ÖST	SIE Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	ZOL Template:Small				2nd	98
1988	WTS Liqui Moly Equipe	VW	A	ZOL Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	BRN Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	MAI Template:Small	NOR Template:Small	WUN Template:Small	SAL Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	1st	164

Complete Formula One 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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1989	Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	AGS JH23B	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	BRA Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	MON Template:Small	MEX Template:Small	USA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS	NC	0

Complete European Touring Car Championship 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	12	13	14	DC	Pts
1984	Linder Rennsport	BMW 323i	MNZ	VAL	DON	PER	BRN	ZEL	SAL	NUR Ret	SPA	SIL	ZOL	MUG			NC	0
1986	Ford Rennsport HWRT Tuning	Ford Sierra XR4 TI	MNZ	DON	HOC	MIS	AND	BRN	ZEL	NÜR 14	SPA Ret	SIL	NOG	ZOL	JAR 9	EST Ret	69th	4
1987	Wolf Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	DON	EST	AND	ZOL DNQ	ZEL DSQ	IMO									NC	0
		Ford Sierra RS500							NOG Ret

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters 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	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1986	BMW Isert	BMW 325i	ZOL	HOC Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	AVU Template:Small	MFA Template:Small	WUN Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	ZOL Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small																17th	39
1987	Wolf Racing	Ford Sierra XR4 TI	HOC Template:Small	ZOL Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	AVU Template:Small	MFA Template:Small	NOR Template:Small	NÜR	WUN																	23rd	28
		Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth									DIE Template:Small	SAL
1989	AMG Motorenbau GmbH	Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	MFA 1	MFA 2	AVU 1	AVU 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	DIE 1	DIE 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2			34th	13
1990	Bigazzi M Team	BMW M3 Sport Evo	ZOL 1 Template:Small	ZOL 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	AVU 1 Template:Small	AVU 2 Template:Small	MFA 1 Template:Small	MFA 2 Template:Small	WUN 1 Template:Small	WUN 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	DIE 1 Template:Small	DIE 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small			6th	119
1991	M Team Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	ZOL 1 Template:Small	ZOL 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	AVU 1 Template:Small	AVU 2 Template:Small	WUN 1 Template:Small	WUN 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	DIE 1 Template:Small	DIE 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	ALE 1 Template:Small	ALE 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	BRN 1 Template:Small	BRN 2 Template:Small	DON 1 Template:Small	DON 2 Template:Small	7th	101
1992	M Team Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	ZOL 1 Template:Small	ZOL 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	WUN 1 Template:Small	WUN 2 Template:Small	AVU 1 Template:Small	AVU 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	BRN 1 Template:Small	BRN 2 Template:Small	DIE 1 Template:Small	DIE 2 Template:Small	ALE 1 Template:Small	ALE 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	8th	110
2000	Team Holzer	Opel Astra V8 Coupé	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	OSC 1 Template:Small	OSC 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	SAC 1 Template:Small	SAC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	LAU 1 Template:Small	LAU 2 Template:Small	OSC 1 Template:Small	OSC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small							5th	113
2001	Team Holzer	Opel Astra V8 Coupé	HOC QR Template:Small	HOC CR Template:Small	NÜR QR Template:Small	NÜR CR Template:Small	OSC QR Template:Small	OSC CR Template:Small	SAC QR Template:Small	SAC CR Template:Small	NOR QR Template:Small	NOR CR Template:Small	LAU QR Template:Small	LAU CR Template:Small	NÜR QR Template:Small	NÜR CR Template:Small	A1R QR Template:Small	A1R CR Template:Small	ZAN QR Template:Small	ZAN CR Template:Small	HOC QR Template:Small	HOC CR Template:Small					16th	12
2002	OPC Team Phoenix	Opel Astra V8 Coupé	HOC QR Template:Small	HOC CR Template:Small	ZOL QR Template:Small	ZOL CR Template:Small	DON QR Template:Small	DON CR Template:Small	SAC QR Template:Small	SAC CR Template:Small	NOR QR Template:Small	NOR CR Template:Small	LAU QR Template:Small	LAU CR Template:Small	NÜR QR Template:Small	NÜR CR Template:Small	A1R QR Template:Small	A1R CR Template:Small	ZAN QR Template:Small	ZAN CR Template:Small	HOC QR Template:Small	HOC CR Template:Small					13th	3
2003	OPC Euroteam	Opel Astra V8 Coupé	HOC Template:Small	ADR Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	LAU Template:Small	NOR Template:Small	DON Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	A1R Template:Small	ZAN Template:Small	HOC Template:Small															15th	1

Complete World Touring Car Championship 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	DC	Points
1987	Wolf Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	MNZ	JAR	DIJ	NUR Ret	SPA Ret							NC	0
		Ford Sierra RS500						BNO ovr:14 cls:4†	SIL ovr:9 cls:2†	BAT	CLD	WEL	FJI

† Not eligible for series points

Complete Italian Touring Car Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1992	Schnitzer Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	S1	MNZ 1 14	MNZ 2 4	MAG 1	MAG 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	BIN 1	BIN 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	PER 1	PER 2	VAR 1	VAR 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	18th	10
1994	Scuderia Bigazzi	BMW 318i		MNZ 1 10	MNZ 2 9	VAL 1	VAL 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	BIN 1	BIN 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	PER 1	PER 2	VAR 1	VAR 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	26th	3
1996	Scuderia Bigazzi	BMW 320i		MUG 1	MUG 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	BIN 1	BIN 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	PER 1	PER 2	PER 1	PER 2	VAR 1	VAR 2	VAL 1 7	VAL 2 17	23rd	4

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races 1996 only) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1993	BMW Motorsport Team	BMW 318i	SIL 1 Template:Small	DON 1 Template:Small	SNE 1 Template:Small	DON 1 Template:Small	OUL 1 Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	PEM 1 Template:Small	SIL 1 Template:Small	KNO 1 Template:Small	KNO 2 Template:Small	OUL 1 Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	THR 1 Template:Small	DON 1 Template:Small	DON 2 Template:Small	SIL 1 Template:Small										1st	163
1994	BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer	BMW 318i	THR 1 Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	SNE 1 Template:Small	SIL 1 Template:Small	SIL 2 Template:Small	OUL 1 Template:Small	DON 1 Template:Small	DON 2 Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	SIL 1 Template:Small	KNO 1 Template:Small	KNO 2 Template:Small	OUL 1 Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	SIL 1 Template:Small	SIL 2 Template:Small	DON 1 Template:Small	DON 2 Template:Small						6th	147
1996	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW 320i	DON 1 Template:Small	DON 2 Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	THR 1 Template:Small	THR 2 Template:Small	SIL 1 Template:Small	SIL 2 Template:Small	OUL 1 Template:Small	OUL 2 Template:Small	SNE 1 Template:Small	SNE 2 Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	SIL 1 Template:Small	SIL 2 Template:Small	KNO 1 Template:Small	KNO 2 Template:Small	OUL 1 Template:Small	OUL 2 Template:Small	THR 1 Template:Small	THR 2 Template:Small	DON 1 Template:Small	DON 2 Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	5th	158

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship 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	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1994	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW 318i	AUT 1	AUT 2	SUG 1	SUG 2	TOK 1 Template:Small	TOK 2 Template:Small	SUZ 1 Template:Small	SUZ 2 Template:Small	MIN 1	MIN 2	AID 1	AID 2	TSU 1	TSU 2	SEN 1	SEN 2	FUJ 1 Template:Small	FUJ 2 Template:Small	10th	31
1995	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW 318i	FUJ 1 Template:Small	FUJ 2 Template:Small	SUG 1	SUG 2	TOK 1	TOK 2	SUZ 1	SUZ 2	MIN 1 Template:Small	MIN 2 Template:Small	AID 1 Template:Small	AID 2 Template:Small	SEN 1 Template:Small	SEN 2 Template:Small	FUJ 1 Template:Small	FUJ 2 Template:Small			9th	41

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup 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	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1994	BMW Team Bigazzi	BMW 318i	AVU	WUN	ZOL	ZAN	ÖST Template:Small	SAL	SPA	NÜR Template:Small													13th	12
1995	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW 318is	ZOL 1 Template:Small	ZOL 2 Template:Small	SPA 1 Template:Small	SPA 2 Template:Small	ÖST 1 Template:Small	ÖST 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	SAL 1 Template:Small	SAL 2 Template:Small	AVU 1 Template:Small	AVU 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small					1st	418
1997	BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	ZOL 1 Template:Small	ZOL 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	SAC 1 Template:Small	SAC 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	WUN 1 Template:Small	WUN 2 Template:Small	ZWE 1 Template:Small	ZWE 2 Template:Small	SAL 1 Template:Small	SAL 2 Template:Small	REG 1 Template:Small	REG 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	2nd	644
1998	BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer	BMW 320i	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	SAC 1 Template:Small	SAC 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	REG 1 Template:Small	REG 2 Template:Small	WUN 1 Template:Small	WUN 2 Template:Small	ZWE 1 Template:Small	ZWE 2 Template:Small	SAL 1 Template:Small	SAL 2 Template:Small	OSC 1 Template:Small	OSC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	6th	405

Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship 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	12	DC	Points
1994	Template:Flagicon BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW 318i	FUJ 1 Template:Small	FUJ 2 Template:Small	MAC 1 Template:Small	MAC 2 Template:Small	SEN 1 Template:Small	SEN 2 Template:Small	WEL 1 Template:Small	WEL 2 Template:Small	CLD 1 Template:Small	CLD 2 Template:Small	CHE 1 Template:Small	CHE 2 Template:Small	1st	?

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Co-driver	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1993	Template:Flagicon Diet Coke BMW Race Team	Template:Flagicon Paul Morris	BMW M3	A	146	15th	15th

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1998	Template:Flagicon Team BMW Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Pierluigi Martini Template:Flagicon Johnny Cecotto	BMW V12 LM	LMP1	43	DNF	DNF
1999	Template:Flagicon BMW Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Pierluigi Martini Template:Flagicon Yannick Dalmas	BMW V12 LMR	LMP	365	1st	1st

Macau Grand Prix Guia Race results

Year	Team	Car	Class	Heat 1	Heat 2	Template:Tooltip
1990	Template:Flagicon Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Group A Division 2	-	-	3rd
1991	Template:Flagicon Watson’s Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	DTM	-	-	DNF
1992	Template:Flagicon Mobil 1 Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	DTM	-	-	2nd
1993	Template:Flagicon Watson’s Team Schnitzer	BMW 318i	FIA Class 2	-	-	2nd
1994	Template:Flagicon San Miguel Team Schnitzer	BMW 318is	FIA Class 2	1st	1st	1st
1995	Template:Flagicon BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW 318is	FIA Class 2	1st	DNF	-
1996	Template:Flagicon BMW Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i	FIA Class 2	1st	DNF	-
1997	Template:Flagicon BMW Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i	FIA Class 2	DNF	3rd	-
1998	Template:Flagicon BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW 320i	FIA Class 2	1st	1st	1st

External links

• Personal website
• Winkelhock at ChicaneF1