{"id":38970,"date":"2020-12-06T19:01:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T19:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/manfred-winkelhock\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T13:42:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T13:42:07","slug":"manfred-winkelhock","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/manfred-winkelhock\/","title":{"rendered":"Manfred Winkelhock"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--small-image\">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"circular-image\">\n                                            <picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" alt=\"winkelhock01\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/winkelhock01-200x200.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#biography\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Biography<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#championship-seasons\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Championship Seasons<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#non-championship-races\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Non-Championship Races<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#teams\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Teams<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"biography\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-data-box\" data-driver-id=\"38970\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"full-biography\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p>The older of the Winkelhock brothers was a wild and impetuous driver who never failed to entertain.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Early racing career<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Friends persuaded Manfred Winkelhock to race in 1976 rather than frighten them in his road car. That was in the Volkswagen Scirocco Cup and he ended the year as champion. It was his performance in a celebrity race that year, in which he beat a field of better known German drivers, which led to a call from Jochen Neerpasch and a BMW junior contract. He drove for the marque in touring cars before joining the works March-BMW team for the 1978 Formula 2 season.<\/p>\n<p>Third at the N\u00fcrburgring on a one-off in Manfred Cassani\u2019s Ralt RT1-BMW in 1979, he returned to March for 1980. He gained as much fame for a spectacular end-over-end flip at the N\u00fcrburgring that year as he did for his results although he did again finish third at Enna-Pergusa.<\/p>\n<p>He replaced the injured Jochen Mass for that year\u2019s Italian Grand Prix but failed to qualify an Arrows A3-Ford. Armed with Bertram Sch\u00e4fer\u2019s Ralt RT2-BMW, he almost won the 1981 Hockenheim F2 race only to be passed by Stefan Johansson on the penultimate corner. He switched to a Maurer MM81-BMW and qualified on pole position at Donington Park that year before finishing third.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Formula 1 with ATS, Brabham and RAM<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>That was his final F2 season for he joined ATS for the 1982 F1 World Championship. He finished fifth in Brazil and qualified in that position in Detroit on rare days in the sun.<\/p>\n<p>BMW supplied turbocharged engines to ATS for Winkelhock\u2019s second season. He was fast in qualifying (starting nine races in the top 10) but the combination was fragile and failed to score a point. That pattern continued in 1984 and, after a one-off drive in a Brabham BT53-BMW at the end of the season, Winkelhock\u2019s association with BMW ended.<\/p>\n<p>He drove for RAM-Hart in 1985 but he was scarcely more competitive and again failed to score. His fifth position in the 1982 Brazilian GP \u2013 his second race in the category \u2013 was his only points finish from 47 starts.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Sports car success and tragedy<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Winkelhock combined F1 with sports cars throughout that time. He scored a fortunate victory at the 1985 Monza 1000Kms when a tree blocked the track and stopped the race at an advantageous moment for his Kremer Porsche. Less than four months after his highest profile victory, Winkelhock crashed at Mosport Park\u2019s Clayton Corner during the World Sportscar Championship race. Airlifted to hospital in Toronto with severe head injuries, he died on the following day.<\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-down expanding-content__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read full bio<\/a>\n                        <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-up expanding-content__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read Less<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n   <\/div>\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding-bottom database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"championship-seasons\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-seasons-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"non-championship-races\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Non Championship Races\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Hide<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header><div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-races-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"teams\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Teams\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Hide<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header><div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-teams-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n                            <section class=\"c-broadcast-space content-section block_5fc172d85c387_leaderboardtop div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-1\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <div class=\"container container--full-mobile\">\n                <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-1\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n    \n\n    <section\n        class=\"c-latest-products latest-products content-section\"\n        data-behaviour=\"tag-automation\"\n        data-automation-type=\"related-products\"\n        data-tags=\"[&quot;Manfred Winkelhock&quot;]\"\n        data-current-post=\"38970\"><\/section>\n\n\n        <section class=\"c-article-listing article-listing content-section\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <header class=\"content-header\">\n    <div class=\"content-header__intro user-content\">\n        <h1 class=\"content-header__title sanomat\">Related articles<\/h1>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"content-header__button\">\n            <a class=\"button button--outline button--full\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\">\n                View all\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"content-section__inner-content container\">\n            <div class=\"article-grid article-grid--no-ads\">\n                <div class=\"article-grid__wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"article-grid__nested-grid\">\n                        <div class=\"article-grid__column\">\n                                                            \n\t\n\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/podcast\/f1-show\/podcast-f1-wheel-wars-are-new-rims-behind-ferrari-success\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pod-wk-24-thumb-large-2-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"Podcast: F1 wheel wars &#8211; 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