Hans-Joachim Stuck
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| Born |
1 January 1951 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 German |
| Active years | 1974–1979 |
| Teams | March, Brabham, Shadow, ATS |
| Entries | 81 (74 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 2 |
| Career points | 29 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1974 Argentine Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1979 United States Grand Prix |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Participating years | 1972, 1973, 1980–1982, 1985–1991, 1993–1998 |
| Teams | Ford, BMW Motorsport, BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport, Porsche, Joest Racing |
| Best finish | 1st (1986, 1987) |
| Class wins | 3 (1996) |
Hans-Joachim Stuck (born 1 January 1951), nicknamed "Strietzel", is a German racing driver who has competed in Formula One and many other categories.
He was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and is the son of Christa Thielmann and the legendary Hans Stuck. As a young boy, his father taught him driving on the Nürburgring. 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.
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 2 podiums and scored 29 championship points. 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 for 1978. Stuck missed an opportunity to join Williams F1 just before this team became successful.
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