Hans-Joachim Stuck


Hans-Joachim Stuck, 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.
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 two podiums and scored 29 championship points. Incidentally, Stuck was the first driver to 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 for 1978. Stuck missed an opportunity to join Williams F1 just before this team became successful.
Due to his height of, 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 as 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 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 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.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617Pts
1971Eifelland WohnwagenbauBrabham BT30CosworthHOCTHRNÜR
Ret		JARPALROUMANTULALBVALVALNC0
1973March Racing TeamMarch 732BMWMALHOC
DSQ		THRNC0
1973STP March EngineeringMarch 732BMWNÜR
16		PAUKINNIVHOC
Ret		ROU
Ret		MNZMANKARPERSALNOR
Ret		ALBVALNC0
1974March Racing TeamMarch 742BMWBAR
1		HOC
1		PAU
Ret		SAL
Ret		HOC
3		MUGKAR
8		PER
1		HOC
2		VAL
2		2nd43
1975March EngineeringMarch 752BMWESTTHR
Ret		HOC
2		NÜR
8		PAUHOC
Ret		SALROUMUGPERSILZOLNOGVALNC0
1976March EngineeringMarch 762BMWHOC
1		THRVALSAL
Ret		PAUHOC
1		ROUMUGPERESTNOGHOC
Ret		NC0
1977Project Four RacingRalt RT1BMWSILTHRHOC
Ret		NÜRVALPAUMUGROUNOGPERMISESTDONNC0
1979Polifac BMW Junior TeamMarch 792BMWSILHOCTHRNÜRVALMUGPAUHOC
Ret		ZANPERMISDONNC0

Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

;Footnotes:

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Formula One World Championship results

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617Pts
1974March EngineeringMarch 741Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ARG
Ret		BRA
Ret		RSA
5		ESP
4		BEL
Ret		MON
Ret		SWENED
Ret		FRA
DNQ		GBR
Ret		GER
7		AUT
11		ITA
Ret		CAN
Ret		USA
DNQ		16th5
1975Lavazza MarchMarch 751Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ARGBRARSAESPMONBELSWENEDFRAGBR
Ret		GER
Ret		AUT
Ret		ITA
Ret		USA
8		NC0
1976March EngineeringMarch 761Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8BRA
4		RSA
12		USW
Ret		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		13th8
1977Team Rothmans InternationalMarch 761BFord Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ARGBRARSA
Ret		11th12
1977Martini RacingBrabham BT45BAlfa Romeo 115-12 3.0 F12USW
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		11th12
1978Shadow Racing TeamShadow DN8Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ARG
17		BRA
Ret		RSA
DNQ		18th2
1978Shadow Racing TeamShadow DN9Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8USW
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		18th2
1979ATS WheelsATS D2Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ARG
DNQ		BRA
Ret		RSA
Ret		USW
DSQ		ESP
14		BEL
8		MON
Ret		FRA
DNS		GBR
DNQ		GER
Ret		20th2
1979ATS WheelsATS D3Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8AUT
Ret		NED
Ret		ITA
11		CAN
Ret		USA
5		20th2

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324Pts
1984Jägermeister Brun MotorsportBMW 635 CSiZOL
15		HOCAVUAVUMFA
10		WUN
3		NÜRNÜRNORNÜRDIEHOC
5		HOC
24		ZOLNÜR16th37.5
1990Schmidt Motorsport TechnikAudi V8 QuattroZOL
1
14		ZOL
2
3		HOC
1
6		HOC
2
2		NÜR
1
Ret		NÜR
2
16		AVU
1
1		AVU
2
1		MFA
1
15		MFA
2
20		WUN
1
1		WUN
2
1		NÜR
1
Ret		NÜR
2
11		NOR
1
1		NOR
2
3		DIE
1
14		DIE
2
8		NÜR
1
11		NÜR
2
10		HOC
1
1		HOC
2
1		1st189
1991Schmidt Motorsport TechnikAudi V8 Quattro EvoZOL
1
9		ZOL
2
2		HOC
1
11		HOC
2
26		NÜR
1
10		NÜR
2
Ret		AVU
1
1		AVU
2
2		WUN
1
16		WUN
2
11		NOR
1
6		NOR
2
1		DIE
1
1		DIE
2
4		NÜR
1
9		NÜR
2
16		ALE
1
3		ALE
2
1		HOC
1
14		HOC
2
2		BRN
1
Ret		BRN
2
Ret		DON
1
Ret		DON
2
8		3rd158
1992Schmidt Motorsport TechnikAudi V8 Quattro EvoZOL
1
Ret		ZOL
2
Ret		NÜR
1
2		NÜR
2
12		WUN
1
11		WUN
2
Ret		AVU
1
6		AVU
2
Ret		HOC
1
19		HOC
2
Ret		NÜR
1
23		NÜR
2
Ret		NOR
1		NOR
2		BRN
1		BRN
2		DIE
1		DIE
2		ALE
1		ALE
2		NÜR
1		NÜR
2		HOC
1		HOC
2		18th21

Complete International Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526Pts
1996Team Rosberg OpelOpel Calibra V6 4x4HOC
1
5		HOC
2
7		NÜR
1
6		NÜR
2
14†		EST
1
Ret		EST
2
7		HEL
1
1		HEL
2
1		NOR
1
7		NOR
2
4		DIE
1
5		DIE
2
4		SIL
1
12		SIL
2
15		NÜR
1
22†		NÜR
2
12		MAG
1
7		MAG
2
Ret		MUG
1
5		MUG
2
16†		HOC
1
17†		HOC
2
9		INT
1
7		INT
2
Ret		SUZ
1
18		SUZ
2
18†		9th112