Background
The younger brother of the late Manfred Winkelhock, Winkelhock was born in Waiblingen, near Stuttgart.
The younger brother of the late Manfred Winkelhock, Winkelhock was born in Waiblingen, near Stuttgart.
The youngest brother, Thomas Winkelhock, and Manfred"s son Markus Winkelhock are also racing drivers. The next year was less successful, as he tried Formula One with the small AGS team Failing to pre-qualify on 7 occasions, Winkelhock then linked up with Bayerische Motoren Werke Motorsport in touring car racing and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft.
His first title was the 1993 British Touring Carolina Championship.
There, he was also commonly known as Smokin" Jo, for his cigarette smoking habit. He also triumphed in the 1995 Spa 24 Hours, and the 1994 and 1998 Macau Grand Prix"s Guia touring car races.
In 2000, he joined Opel in the new Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, and in 2003 he announced his retirement from motor racing at the age of 43. He runs his family"s Waiblingen-based truck-crane and towing business, occasionally getting personally involved in recovering crashed trucks.
A special edition of the Bayerische Motoren Werke M5 has been made in honor of Joachim Winkelhock.
Complete Formula One results
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Partial Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete British Touring Carolina Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races 1996 only) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Japanese Touring Carolina Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
24 Hours of Le Mans results.
He won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 1990 and 1991 with a Bayerische Motoren Werke M3 entered by Schnitzer Motorsport. Winkelhock"s next win was the 1994 Asia Pacific Touring Carolina Championship, and in 1995 he won the German Supertouring Championship (STW). His last success for Bayerische Motoren Werke came at the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, which he won driving the Bayerische Motoren Werke V12 LMR prototype run by Schnitzer Motorsport.
