Winkelhock pays attention

Manfred Winkelhock, driver for the ATS F1 team, seems to be paying close attention to the instructions of Alastair Caldwell, (well known as a pillar of the McLaren team), before the 1982 German Grand Prix, run at Hockenheim (photo above).

The German driver qualified his ATS D5 in sixteenth position, six places ahead of his teammate, the Chilean Eliseo Salazar, but was forced to retire on the 3rd lap with a broken clutch, while Salazar was involved in a high-profile collision with Piquet’s Brabham, which was lapping him.

Manfred Winkelhock (1951-1985) was a German driver, very fast over one lap, daring and formidable on the great Nürburgring; who raced in Formula 1 from 1980 to 1985 for the Arrows, ATS (photo below), Brabham and RAM teams.

Tragically, he lost his life during the 1985 Mosport 1000 km race when his Kremer-entered Porsche 962C crashed into a concrete barrier at high speed. His son, Markus, participated in the 2007 European Formula 1 Grand Prix at the new Nürburgring, driving a Spyker.