Hans-Joachim Stuck (German pronunciation: [hans ˈjoːaxɪm ʃtʊk]; born 1 January 1951), nicknamed "Strietzel", is a German racing driver who has competed in Formula One and many other categories. He is the son of pre-World War II racing driver Hans Stuck.
Life and career
He 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. 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!"[1] 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 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 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".[1][2]
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.[3] This role has also seen him use his experience to help refine road cars, including the new Golf VI GTI.[4]
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.[5]
In April 2012, Stuck was appointed President of the German Motorsport Association (Deutscher Motor Sport Bund).[6]
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
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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 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Eifelland Wohnwagenbau | Brabham BT30 | Cosworth | HOC | THR | NÜR Ret |
JAR | PAL | ROU | MAN | TUL | ALB | VAL | VAL | NC | 0 | ||||||
| 1973 | March Racing Team | March 732 | BMW | MAL | HOC DSQ |
THR | NC | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| STP March Engineering | NÜR 16 |
PAU | KIN | NIV | HOC Ret |
ROU Ret |
MNZ | MAN | KAR | PER | SAL | NOR Ret |
ALB | VAL | ||||||||
| 1974 | March Racing Team | March 742 | BMW | BAR 1 |
HOC 1 |
PAU Ret |
SAL Ret |
HOC 3 |
MUG | KAR 8 |
PER 1 |
HOC 2 |
VAL 2 |
2nd | 43 | |||||||
| 1975 | March Engineering | March 752 | BMW | EST | THR Ret |
HOC 2 |
NÜR 8 |
PAU | HOC Ret |
SAL | ROU | MUG | PER | SIL | ZOL | NOG | VAL | NC | 0‡ | |||
| 1976 | March Engineering | March 762 | BMW | HOC 1 |
THR | VAL | SAL Ret |
PAU | HOC 1 |
ROU | MUG | PER | EST | NOG | HOC Ret |
NC | 0‡ | |||||
| 1977 | Project Four Racing | Ralt RT1 | BMW | SIL | THR | HOC Ret |
NÜR | VAL | PAU | MUG | ROU | NOG | PER | MIS | EST | DON | NC | 0 | ||||
| 1979 | Polifac BMW Junior Team | March 792 | BMW | SIL | HOC | THR | NÜR | VAL | MUG | PAU | HOC Ret |
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 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 | D | BRH | SIL | THR | THR | SIL | ING | BRH | SIL Ret |
BRH | NC | 0 | NC | ||
| 1983 | Cheylesmore BMW Motorsport | BMW 635CSi | A | SIL | OUL | THR | BRH | THR | SIL | DON | SIL 5 |
DON 2 |
BRH 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 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Jägermeister Brun Motorsport | BMW 635 CSi | ZOL 15 |
HOC | AVU | AVU | MFA 10 |
WUN 3 |
NÜR | NÜR | NOR | NÜR | DIE | HOC 5 |
HOC 24 |
ZOL | NÜR | 16th | 37.5 | |||||||||
| 1990 | Schmidt Motorsport Technik | Audi V8 Quattro | ZOL 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 |
1st | 189 | ||
| 1991 | Schmidt Motorsport Technik | Audi V8 Quattro Evo | ZOL 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 |
3rd | 158 |
| 1992 | Schmidt Motorsport Technik | Audi V8 Quattro Evo | ZOL 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 |
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 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | SMS Schmidt Motorsport | Audi 80 Quattro Competition | AVU 6 |
WUN 2 |
ZOL 5 |
ZAN Ret |
ÖST | SAL | SPA 12 |
NÜR Ret |
8th | 29 | ||||||||
| 1995 | A.Z.K.-Team Schneider | Audi A4 Quattro | ZOL 1 2 |
ZOL 2 6 |
SPA 1 4 |
SPA 2 2 |
ÖST 1 6 |
ÖST 2 Ret |
HOC 1 3 |
HOC 2 2 |
NÜR 1 4 |
NÜR 2 4 |
SAL 1 9 |
SAL 2 9 |
AVU 1 15 |
AVU 2 5 |
NÜR 1 5 |
NÜR 2 6 |
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 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Team Rosberg Opel | Opel Calibra V6 4x4 | HOC 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† |
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 6 |
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| 2006 | Team Phantom | Delta Motorsport GPM | Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8 | QAT Ret |
ITA C |
GBR 4 |
MAL C |
RSA C |
References
- 1 2 AUSringers.com Hans-Joachim Stuck interview Retrieved 4 April 2009
- ↑ "Greatest drives of the sportscar legends". 8 November 2020.
- ↑ hansstuck.com Archived 15 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine Hans-Joachim Stuck career Retrieved 4 April 2009
- ↑ AUSmotive.com 2009 Mk6 Golf GTI image gallery Retrieved 4 April 2009
- ↑ "Hans-Joachim Stuck - Detailview". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ↑ ""Strietzel" Stuck neuer DMSB-Präsident". Focus (in German). 21 April 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
External links
- Official website Archived 21 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine