Hans-Joachim Stuck

Hans-Joachim Stuck (; born 1 January 1951) is a German former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Nicknamed "Strietzel", Stuck jointly won the World Endurance Championship for Drivers in 1985 and is a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in and with Porsche. In touring car racing, Stuck won the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft in 1990.

Born in Bavaria, Stuck is the son of Grand Prix motor racing driver Hans Stuck, runner-up in the 1936 European Drivers' Championship. He began racing at the Nürburgring with his father throughout his childhood, winning the 24 Hours in 1970, aged 19. Stuck contested 81 Formula One Grands Prix between and for March, Brabham, Shadow, and ATS, achieving podium finishes at the German and Austrian Grands Prix in with Brabham.

Across a four-decade career in sportscar racing, Stuck took several major victories, including three at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, two at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and one at the Spa 24 Hours. He took eight victories in the World Sportscar Championship for BMW and Porsche, winning the title in 1985 and finishing runner-up in 1986 with the latter, driving the 962C.

Life and career Stuck was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, and is the son of Christa Thielmann and the legendary 1930s Auto Union Grand Prix driver Hans Stuck. His father taught him to drive on the Nürburgring as a young boy. In 1969, he started his first ever motor race at the Nordschleife. Speaking about that day he said, "Getting to the grid was extremely exciting. All of a sudden, my wishes to become a racer came true. I just wanted to start the race and give everybody hell!" The following year, at just 19 years of age, he won his first 24 hours race at the wheel of a BMW 2002ti. He won there again in 1998 and 2004, too, each time with a BMW touring car.

In 1972, Stuck teamed up with Jochen Mass to drive a Ford Capri RS2600 to victory at the Spa 24 Hours endurance race in Belgium. His campaigns racing the BMW 3.0 CSL "Batmobile" were very successful in 1974 and 1975, in the German DRM as well as in the USA together with Ronnie Peterson. Later in the 1970s, he raced the turbo-charged BMW 320i.left Stuck driving the Brabham BT45B at the 1977 French Grand Prix at Dijon-Prenois.After some success in Formula 2 with a March-BMW, he also entered F1 with March. Overall, Stuck participated in 81 Grands Prix, debuting on 13 January 1974. He achieved two podiums and scored 29 championship points. Incidentally, Stuck was the first driver be born after the inaugural Grand Prix in 1950. Stuck was quite successful at Brabham-Alfa in 1977, leading the 1977 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen in the rain, but was replaced by Niki Lauda in 1978. Stuck missed an opportunity to join Williams F1 just before this team became successful.

Stuck continued racing touring and sports cars all over the world, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice with a Porsche 962. Stuck says the 962 is the favourite racecar he has driven during his career, describing it as having the "perfect combination of power and downforce" and saying that he had "never sat in such a high-tech racing car as the Porsche 962C with the PDK semi-automatic transmission".

In the 1990s, Stuck tasted touring car success, winning the DTM Championship in 1990 with Audi, before returning to Porsche until the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1998. He resumed an official role with BMW after that. In 2006, Stuck raced in the inaugural season of the Grand Prix Masters formula for retired Formula One drivers after scoring sixth in the first race event at the Kyalami circuit in South Africa on 11–13 November 2005.

January 2008 saw Stuck began his current position with Volkswagen Motorsport. This role has also seen him use his experience to help refine road cars, including the new Golf VI GTI.

Stuck announced the end of his 43 years active career as a race driver after the 2011 Nürburgring 24 Hours, in which he participated with a Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3 together with Dennis Rostek and his sons Ferdinand Stuck and Johannes Stuck. Team Stuck3 finished 15th overall following gearbox problems.

In April 2012, Stuck was elected President of the German Motorsport Association (Deutscher Motor Sport Bund).

Racing record Career summary

‡ Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points. † As Stuck was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

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 13 14 15 16 17 Pts 1971 Eifelland Wohnwagenbau Brabham BT30 Cosworth HOC THR NÜR JAR PAL ROU MAN TUL ALB VLL VLL NC 0 1973 March Racing Team March 732 BMW MAL HOC THR NC 0 STP March Engineering NÜR PAU KIN NIV HOC ROU MNZ MAN KAR PER SAL NOR ALB VLL 1974 March Racing Team March 742 BMW BAR HOC PAU SAL HOC MUG KAR PER HOC VLL 2nd 43 1975 March Engineering March 752 BMW EST THR HOC NÜR PAU HOC SAL ROU MUG PER SIL ZOL NOG VLL NC 0 1976 March Engineering March 762 BMW HOC THR VLL SAL PAU HOC ROU MUG PER EST NOG HOC NC 0 1977 Project Four Racing Ralt RT1 BMW SIL THR HOC NÜR VLL PAU MUG ROU NOG PER MIS EST DON NC 0 1979 Polifac BMW Junior Team March 792 BMW SIL HOC THR NÜR VLL MUG PAU HOC ZAN PER MIS DON NC 0 Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points

Complete World Sportscar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Footnotes

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1971 BMW Alpina Gerold Pankl BMW 2002 TI Div. 2 DNF DNF 1972 Ford Köln Jochen Mass Ford Capri RS 2600 Div. 3 318 1st 1st 1973 BMW Motorsport Chris Amon BMW 3.0 CSL Div. 2 DNF DNF 1979 Kinley Luigi Racing Patrick Nève Didier Theys BMW 530i T +2.5 DNF DNF 1983 Team Schnitzer Eterna Harald Grohs Walter Brun BMW 635 CSi Div. 3 DNF DNF 1984 Schnitzer BMW Italia Dieter Quester James Weaver BMW 635 CSi Div. 3 449 3rd 3rd 2004 BMW Motorsport Dirk Müller Jörg Müller BMW M3 GTR G2 525 6th 1st

Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1983 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded 1983 all races, 1983 in class)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Pts Class 1973 BMW Motorsport BMW 3.0 CSL BRH SIL THR THR SIL ING BRH SILRet BRH NC 0 NC 1983 Cheylesmore BMW Motorsport BMW 635CSi SIL OUL THR BRH THR SIL DON SILovr:5cls:5 DONovr:2cls:2 BRHovr:3cls:3 SIL 15th 12 6th

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 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 Pts 1984 Jägermeister Brun Motorsport BMW 635 CSi ZOL HOC AVU AVU MFA WUN NÜR NÜR NOR NÜR DIE HOC HOC ZOL NÜR 16th 37.5 1990 Schmidt Motorsport Technik Audi V8 Quattro ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 AVU1 AVU2 MFA1 MFA2 WUN1 WUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 DIE1 DIE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 1st 189 1991 Schmidt Motorsport Technik Audi V8 Quattro Evo ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 AVU1 AVU2 WUN1 WUN2 NOR1 NOR2 DIE1 DIE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ALE1 ALE2 HOC1 HOC2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 3rd 158 1992 Schmidt Motorsport Technik Audi V8 Quattro Evo ZOL1 ZOL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 WUN1 WUN2 AVU1 AVU2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 BRN1 BRN2 DIE1 DIE2 ALE1 ALE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 18th 21

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 Pts 1994 SMS Schmidt Motorsport Audi 80 Quattro Competition AVU6 WUN2 ZOL5 ZANRet ÖST SAL SPA12 NÜRRet 8th 29 1995 A.Z.K.-Team Schneider Audi A4 Quattro ZOL12 ZOL26 SPA14 SPA22 ÖST16 ÖST2Ret HOC13 HOC22 NÜR14 NÜR24 SAL19 SAL29 AVU115 AVU25 NÜR15 NÜR26 4th 354

Complete International 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 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pts 1996 Team Rosberg Opel Opel Calibra V6 4x4 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR214† EST1 EST2 HEL1 HEL2 NOR1 NOR2 DIE1 DIE2 SIL1 SIL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MAG1 MAG2 MUG1 MUG2 HOC1 HOC2 INT1 INT2 SUZ1 SUZ2 9th 112 † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete Grand Prix Masters results (key) Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap. Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 2005 Team Phantom Delta Motorsport GPM Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8 RSA 2006 Team Phantom Delta Motorsport GPM Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8 QAT ITA GBR MAL RSA