Hans-Joachim Stuck

Hans-Joachim Stuck

Born	(1951-01-01) 1 January 1951
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.

Life and career

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.

The always friendly and funny{cite refs}, tall and blond Bavarian, who is living in Austria, was immediately after his birth nicknamed Strietzel by his grandmother, as she claimed that the newborn baby looked like one of the famous Stollen cakes of her Saxony area. He is also nicknamed "Regenmeister" ("Rainmaster") for his ability to race on wet tracks.

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.

Due to his height of 194 centimetres (6 ft 4 in), he did not fit well into the F1 cars of the late 1970s that had the cockpit moved forward. Leaving F1 at that time probably spared him bad injuries to the leg, as suffered by Ronnie Peterson, Clay Regazzoni, Marc Surer and others.

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 has having the "perfect combination of power and downforce".

In the 1990s he 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 6th in the first race event at the Kyalami circuit in South Africa on 11–13 November 2005.

January 2008 saw Stuck begin 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 active career as a race driver after 43 years 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 appointed President of the German Motorsport Association (Deutscher Motor Sport Bund). http://richardsf1.com/2012/04/26/stuck-gets-german-motorsports-top-job/

Racing record

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	DC	Points
1971	Eifelland Wohnwagenbau	Brabham BT30	Cosworth FVA	HOC	THR	NÜR Ret	JAR	PAL	ROU	MAN	TUL	ALB	VAL	VAL							—	0
1973	STP March Engineering	March 732	BMW M12	MAL	HOC Ret	THR	NÜR 16	PAU	KIN	NIV	HOC Ret	ROU Ret	MNZ	MAN	KAR	PER	SAL	NOR Ret	ALB	VAL	—	0
1974	March Engineering	March 742	BMW M12	BAR 1	HOC 1	PAU Ret	SAL Ret	HOC 3	MUG	KAR 8	PER 1	HOC 2	VAL 2								2nd	43
1975	Jägermeister Team March	March 752	BMW M12	EST	THR Ret		NÜR 8	PAU													—	0
	March Engineering					HOC 2			HOC Ret	SAL	ROU	MUG	PER	SIL	ZOL	NOG	VAL
1976	BMW Motorsport	March 762	BMW	HOC 1	THR	VAL	SAL Ret	PAU	HOC 1	ROU	MUG	PER	EST	NOG							—	0
	March Cars Ltd														HOC Ret
1977	Project Four Racing	Ralt RT1	BMW	SIL	THR	HOC Ret	NÜR	VAL	PAU	MUG	ROU	NOG	PER	MIS	EST	DON					—	0
1979	March Racing Ltd	March 792	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR	VAL	MUG	PAU	HOC Ret	ZAN	PER	MIS	DON						—	0

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1974	March Engineering	March 741	Cosworth V8	ARG Ret	BRA Ret	RSA 5	ESP 4	BEL Ret	MON Ret	SWE	NED Ret	FRA DNQ	GBR Ret	GER 7	AUT 11	ITA Ret	CAN Ret	USA DNQ			16th	5
1975	Lavazza March	March 751	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT Ret	ITA Ret	USA 8				NC	0
1976	March Racing	March 761	Cosworth V8	BRA 4	RSA 12		ESP Ret	BEL Ret	MON 4	SWE Ret	FRA 7	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT Ret	NED Ret	ITA Ret	CAN Ret	USA 5	JPN Ret		13th	8
	Theodore Racing					USW Ret
1977	Team Rothmans International	March 761B	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA Ret															11th	12
	Martini Racing	Brabham BT45B	Alfa Romeo Flat-12				USW Ret	ESP 6	MON Ret	BEL 6	SWE 10	FRA Ret	GBR 5	GER 3	AUT 3	NED 7	ITA Ret	USA Ret	CAN Ret	JPN 7
1978	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN8	Cosworth V8	ARG 17	BRA Ret	RSA DNQ															18th	2
		Shadow DN9					USW DNS	MON Ret	BEL Ret	ESP Ret	SWE 11	FRA 11	GBR 5	GER Ret	AUT Ret	NED Ret	ITA Ret	USA Ret	CAN Ret
1979	ATS Wheels	ATS D2	Cosworth V8	ARG DNQ	BRA Ret	RSA Ret	USW DSQ	ESP 14	BEL 8	MON Ret	FRA DNS	GBR DNQ	GER Ret								20th	2
		ATS D3												AUT Ret	NED Ret	ITA 11	CAN Ret	USA 5

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1972	Ford Motor Company Deutschland	Jochen Mass	Ford Capri 2600RS	S 3.0	152	DNF	DNF
1973	BMW Motorsport	Chris Amon	BMW 3.0CSL	T 5.0	160	DNF	DNF
1980	BMW Motorsport GmbH	Hans-Georg Bürger Dominique Lacaud	BMW M1	IMSA	283	15th	5th
1981	BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport	Jean-Pierre Jarier Helmut Henzler	BMW M1	IMSA GTX	57	DNF	DNF
1982	BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport	Jean-Louis Schlesser Dieter Quester	Sauber SHS C6-Ford	C	76	DNF	DNF
1985	Rothmans Porsche	Derek Bell	Porsche 962C	C1	367	3rd	3rd
1986	Rothmans Porsche	Derek Bell Al Holbert	Porsche 962C	C1	368	1st	1st
1987	Rothmans Porsche AG	Derek Bell Al Holbert	Porsche 962C	C1	368	1st	1st
1988	Porsche AG	Klaus Ludwig Derek Bell	Porsche 962C	C1	394	2nd	2nd
1989	Joest Racing	Bob Wollek	Porsche 962C	C1	382	3rd	3rd
1990	Joest Porsche Racing	Derek Bell Frank Jelinski	Porsche 962C	C1	350	4th	4th
1991	Konrad Motorsport	Derek Bell Frank Jelinski	Porsche 962C	C2	347	7th	7th
1993	Le Mans Porsche Team	Walter Röhrl Hurley Haywood	Porsche 911 Turbo S LM-GT	GT	79	DNF	DNF
1994	Le Mans Porsche Team Joest Racing	Thierry Boutsen Danny Sullivan	Dauer 962 Le Mans	GT1	343	3rd	2nd
1995	Porsche Kremer Racing	Thierry Boutsen Christophe Bouchut	Kremer K8 Spyder	WSC	289	6th	2nd
1996	Porsche AG	Thierry Boutsen Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1	353	2nd	1st
1997	Porsche AG	Thierry Boutsen Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1	238	DNF	DNF
1998	Team BMW Motorsport	Steve Soper Tom Kristensen	BMW V12 LM	LMP1	60	DNF	DNF

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Year	Team	Car	Also driven by	Also driven by	Also driven by	Position	Notes
1970	Koepchen	BMW 2002 TI	Clemens Schickentanz	–	–	1st
1971	Alpina	BMW 2002 TI	Günter Huber	–	–	Retired	Engine failure
1972	Fritzinger Tuning	Ford Capri RS 2600	Klaus Fritzinger	–	–	2nd
1981	Unknown	BMW 320i Gr. 2	K. Hens	Michael Middelhaufe	–	5th in class
1982	Auto Budde Racing Team	BMW 528i	Heiner Müller	Michael Middelhaufe	–	Retired	Accident
1984	Unknown	BMW 635 CSi	Dieter Quester	Harald Grohs	–	Retired	Accident
1992	Unknown	Porsche 911 Carrera 2	Olaf Manthey	Walter Röhrl	Frank Biela	3rd
1998	BMW Motorsport	BMW 320d	Marc Duez	Christian Menzel	Andreas Bovensiepen	1st
2000	Scheid Motorsport	BMW M3 GTRS	Johannes Scheid	Stefan Schlesack	–	Retired
2002	Scheid Motorsport	BMW M3 GTRS	Johannes Scheid	Mario Merten	Oliver Kainz	Retired	Gearbox failure
2003	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GTR	Boris Said	John Nielsen	Marc Duez	Retired	Accident
2004	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GTR	Pedro Lamy	Jörg Müller	Dirk Müller	1st
2005	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GTR	Pedro Lamy	Jörg Müller	Dirk Müller	2nd
2006	Duller Motorsport	BMW M3 E46 GT	Dieter Quester	Dirk Werner	Artur Deutgen	Retired	Accident
2007	Schubert Motorsport	BMW Z4 M Coupe	Johannes Stuck	Claudia Hürtgen	Richard Göransson	5th	Class win
2008	Volkswagen Motorsport	VW Scirocco GT24	Florian Gruber	Thomas Mutsch	Jimmy Johansson	11th	Class win
2008	Volkswagen Motorsport	VW Scirocco GT24	Carlos Sainz	Giniel de Villiers	Dieter Depping	15th	Double entry
2009	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi R8 LMS GT3	Emanuele Pirro	Frank Biela	Marcel Fässler	12th
2010	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi R8 LMS GT3	Marc Basseng	Mike Rockenfeller	Frank Stippler	Retired	Engine failure
2011	Team Stuck³	Gallardo LP600+ GT3	Johannes Stuck	Ferdinand Stuck	Dennis Rostek	15th	Stuck's final race

External links

• Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by None	Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft Champion 1972	Succeeded by Dieter Glemser
Preceded by Herbert Adamzyck	Guia Race winner 1980	Succeeded by Manfred Winkelhock
Preceded by Helmut Greiner	Guia Race winner 1983	Succeeded by Tom Walkinshaw
Preceded by Stefan Bellof	World Sportscar Championship Champion 1985, with Derek Bell	Succeeded by Derek Bell (1986)
Preceded by Klaus Ludwig Paolo Barilla Louis Krages	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1986 with: Derek Bell Al Holbert	Succeeded by Derek Bell Hans-Joachim Stuck Al Holbert
Preceded by Derek Bell Hans-Joachim Stuck Al Holbert	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1987 with: Derek Bell Al Holbert	Succeeded by Jan Lammers Johnny Dumfries Andy Wallace
Preceded by Roberto Ravaglia	German Touring Car Champion 1990	Succeeded by Frank Biela