Hans-Joachim Stuck (; born 1 January 1951) is a German former

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, who competed in

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from to . Nicknamed "Strietzel", Stuck won the

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and is a two-time winner of the

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in and with

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. In

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, Stuck won the

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in 1990. Born in

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, Stuck is the son of

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driver

Hans Stuck Hans Erich Karl Josef Stuck (; sometimes called Hans Stuck von Villiez; 27 December 1900 – 9 February 1978) was a German motor racing driver. Both his son Hans-Joachim Stuck (born 1951) and his grandsons Johannes and Ferdinand Stuck became ...

, runner-up in the 1936 European Drivers' Championship. He began racing at the

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with his father throughout his childhood, winning the 24 Hours in 1970, aged 19. Stuck contested 81 Formula One Grands Prix between and for

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, and ATS, achieving podium finishes at the German and Austrian Grands Prix in with Brabham. Across a four-decade career in

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, Stuck took several major victories, including three at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, two at the

, and one at the Spa 24 Hours. He took eight victories in the

for

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and

, winning the title in

and finishing runner-up in 1986 with the latter, driving the 962C.

Life and career

He was born in

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, and is the son of Christa Thielmann and the legendary 1930s Auto Union Grand Prix driver

. His father taught him to drive on the

as a young boy. 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!"AUSringers.com
''Hans-Joachim Stuck interview'' Retrieved 4 April 2009 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

touring car. In 1972, Stuck teamed up with Jochen Mass to drive a

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to victory at the Spa 24 Hours endurance race in

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. 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

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After some success in

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with a

, 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 be born after the inaugural Grand Prix in 1950. Stuck was quite successful at

-Alfa in 1977, leading the 1977 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen in the rain, but was replaced by Niki Lauda in 1978. Stuck missed an opportunity to join

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just before this team became successful. Stuck continued racing touring and sports cars all over the world, winning the

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

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". In the 1990s he tasted touring car success, winning the DTM Championship in 1990 with

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, 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

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on 11–13 November 2005. January 2008 saw Stuck began his current position with Volkswagen Motorsport.hansstuck.com
''Hans-Joachim Stuck career'' Retrieved 4 April 2009 This role has also seen him use his experience to help refine road cars, including the new Golf VI GTI.AUSmotive.com
''2009 Mk6 Golf GTI image gallery'' Retrieved 4 April 2009 Stuck announced the end of his active career as a race driver 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 elected President of the German Motorsport Association (''Deutscher Motor Sport Bund'').

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

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) 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 24 Hours of Spa 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)

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete International Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) *† — 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.

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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