Markus Winkelhock
| Markus Winkelhock | |
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Winkelhock at the Brands Hatch round of the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season.
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| Nationality |
 German |
| Born |
13 June 1980 Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Previous series | |
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2011–2012 2007 2006 2005 2004, 2007–2010 2003 2001, 2003 2001–2002 2000 2000 1999 1998 |
FIA GT1 World Championship Formula One Porsche Supercup Formula Renault 3.5 Series DTM Formula 3 Euro Series Masters of Formula 3 German F3 Championship Formula Renault 2000 Italy Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Formula Renault Germany Formula König |
| Championship titles | |
| 2012 | FIA GT1 World Championship |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Active years | 2007 |
| Teams | Spyker |
| Entries | 1 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 2007 European Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2007 European Grand Prix |
Markus Winkelhock (born 13 June 1980) is a German professional racing driver, who has taken part in one Formula One Grand Prix, which he briefly led. He is the son of Manfred Winkelhock and nephew of Joachim Winkelhock, both of whom were Formula One drivers in the 1980s. Having switched to sports and touring car racing, he has also won the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2012 with team-mate Marc Basseng.
Born in Stuttgart, Winkelhock won races in a string of junior formulae including Formula König, German Formula Renault and the Formula Renault Eurocup from 1998–2000.
In 2001, Winkelhock joined the German Formula 3 Championship, where he remained until the championship became the F3 Euroseries in 2003. His record was fifth overall in 2001 (three wins), seventh in 2002 (one win) and fourth in 2003 (two wins).
He switched to touring car racing in 2004, with a season in the DTM in an AMG-Mercedes CLK. But he failed to score a point all year with the Persson team.
Winkelhock switched back to single-seater racing in 2005, joining the World Series by Renault with Draco. He won three times but there were also some less than shining moments – notably when he crashed at Monaco in qualifying and on the first lap of the race.
On 24 January 2006, Marcus Winkelhock was confirmed a test and reserve driver in the Midland F1 team, (formerly Jordan Grand Prix) for the 2006 Formula One season. He participated in Friday test sessions for the team at the Bahrain, Australian, German and Hungarian Grands Prix.
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