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🇦🇹 Markus Winkelhock

Racing driver from Austria. GT World Challenge Europe, Eastalent Racing Team.
Driver facts
Full name
Markus Winkelhock
Born
13 June 1980(b. 1980)
Nationality
Austria
Current team
Eastalent Racing Team
Series
GT World Challenge Europe
Status
Active
Career wins
8
Career podiums
28
Career starts
125
Career DNFs
5
Racer Rating
4,521
Markus Winkelhock
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,521
Rank 1917 of 38,983 indexed, +75 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Markus Winkelhock is a racing driver from Austria who competes in GT World Challenge Europe for Eastalent Racing Team. Winkelhock has recorded 8 wins and 28 podiums from 125 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,521 ranks Winkelhock 1917th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFGERGERDEUUAEUAEB12-2024GERDEUGERGERDEUDEU
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-05-14Nürburgring Nordschleife SP-XNürburgring 24 HoursP3+2
2026-04-116 Hours of Paul RicardGT World Challenge EuropeP15+73
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+145Hockenheim 2022GT World Challenge EuropeP2
+131Nurburgring 2003Formula 3 Euro SeriesP1
+131Nürburgring Nordschleife 2022Nürburgring 24 HoursP5
+115Nürburgring Nordschleife 2020Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieP2
+115Sebring International Raceway 202124H SeriesP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Hockenheim6 starts+24
Nürburgring Nordschleife32 starts+19
Nurburgring5 starts+19
Sachsenring4 starts+12
Struggles
Nürburgring7 starts-27
Valencia4 starts-17
Zandvoort8 starts-12
Oschersleben4 starts-11
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸GT World Challenge EuropeEastalent Racing Team100000—+734,521
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursHWA AG101000—+2
2025▸Nürburgring 24 HoursScherer Sport PHX100100—−1124,446
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieScherer Sport PHX100000—−21
2024▸24H SeriesEastalent Racing Team211000P9+694,579
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieScherer Sport PHX201000—−19
▸Bathurst 12 HourKFC Team MPC100000—−79
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursScherer Sport PHX100000—+75
2023▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieScherer Sport PHX200000P29−1564,533
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursScherer Sport PHX100000—+78
2022▸ADAC GT MastersCar Collection Motorsport900000P26−4014,611
▸GT World Challenge EuropeAttempto Racing301000P30+281
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursScherer Sport Team Phoenix100000—+131
2021▸ADAC GT MastersCar Collection Motorsport1200000P24−6674,599
▸GT World Challenge EuropeSainteloc Junior Team1100000P32−51
▸24H SeriesRutronik Racing by TECE211110—−94
▸DTMTeam ABT200000P23−207
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursAudi Sport Team Car Collection100000—+83
2020▸GT World Challenge EuropeSainteloc Junior Team400000P29+1235,138
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieAudi Sport Team Audi302000P6+172
▸24H SeriesCar Collection Motorsport101000—+81
▸IMSA WeatherTechTeam Hardpoint100000P34−210
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursAudi Sport Team101000—+93
2019▸GT World Challenge EuropeSainteloc Racing700000P27−3895,484
▸24H SeriesCar Collection Motorsport200000P19−254
▸IMSA WeatherTechMoorespeed100000P38−55
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursAudi Sport Team Car Collection100000—+88
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieAudi Sport Team Car Collection100000P31−40
2018▸24H SeriesBWT Mücke Motorsport100000P15−325,371
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieAudi Sport Team BWT101000P26+78
2017▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieMontaplast by Land-Motorsport312100P11−885,923
2016▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SeriePhoenix Racing200000P24+345,809
2015▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieAudi Sport Team Phoenix200000P39−1645,962
▸IMSA WeatherTechFlying Lizard Motorsports100000P36−29
2014▸IMSA WeatherTechFlying Lizard Motorsports200000P36−805,931
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieAudi race experience202000P12+92
2013▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieAudi race experience100100P39−1426,113
2012▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieAudi Sport Team Phoenix201000P27−996,254
2011▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieAudi Sport Team Phoenix201000P27+16,353
2007▸Formula 1Spyker100100P18−596,352
2005▸Formula V8 3.5Draco Multiracing USA1337010P3+4556,411
2003▸Formula 3 Euro SeriesMücke Motorsport1625000P4+4,6075,957
Recent coverage
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Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Winkelhock finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum6,38562263642%
🇩🇪 Christopher MiesFIA Platinum5,01958203834%
🇨🇭 Raffaele MarcielloFIA Platinum5,56256144225%
🇩🇪 Luca StolzFIA Platinum5,44354173731%
🇬🇧 Christopher HaaseFIA Platinum5,05051232845%
🇦🇹 Christian EngelhartFIA Gold4,61847173036%
🇧🇪 Dries VanthoorFIA Platinum5,73245192642%
🇯🇵 Jules GounonFIA Platinum5,14745113424%
🇺🇸 Norbert SiedlerFIA Gold3,80244271761%
🇦🇹 Klaus BachlerFIA Platinum4,59243241956%
🇩🇪 Nico RosbergFIA Platinum, 2× champion7,900137654%
🇦🇷 Franco ColapintoFIA Platinum6,628110100%
🇮🇹 Edoardo MortaraFIA Platinum, 1× champion6,55232167%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
1,907🇺🇸 Trevor HuddlestonARCA Menards West4,527
1,908🇺🇸 Sebastian WheldonFormula Regional European4,526
1,909🏳️ Jeffrey SchmidtGT World Challenge Europe4,525
1,910🇩🇪 Sophia FloerschIndy NXT4,524
1,911🇨🇦 Christopher CummingIMSA WeatherTech4,523
1,912🇮🇹 Roberto ColciagoWorld Touring Car Championship4,523
1,913🇺🇸 Marco BonanomiGT Winter Series4,522
1,914🇯🇵 Morio NittaSuper GT4,522
1,915🇬🇧 Enaam AhmedIndy NXT4,521
1,916🇩🇪 Klaus LandgrafNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,521
1,917🇦🇹 Markus WinkelhockGT World Challenge Europe4,521
1,918🇳🇱 Morris SchuringGT World Challenge Europe4,521
1,919🇩🇪 Theo OeverhausPorsche Mobil 1 Supercup4,521
1,920🇦🇪 Ed JonesNASCAR Xfinity4,520
1,921🇦🇹 Ferdinand StuckNürburgring 24 Hours4,520
1,922🏳️ Adrian Campos Jr.Indy NXT4,519
1,923🇬🇧 Ian RabyFormula 14,519
1,924🇧🇷 Fritz d'OreyFormula 14,518
1,925🇦🇺 Paul HawkinsFormula 14,518
1,926🇨🇦 Robert WickensIMSA WeatherTech4,518
1,927🇨🇭 Esteban GARCIAWEC4,517
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Markus Winkelhock is a Platinum-graded professional endurance and GT driver, holding a Racer Rating of 4,690. This places him in the professional band; he competes at the level of a national championship front-runner or the sharp end of a strong feeder series, beating semi-professionals comfortably. His career spans endurance racing and one-off single-seater campaigns, with most of his activity concentrated in the GT World Challenge Europe (26 starts from 2019 onward) and the Nürburgring 24 Hours (8 starts), where he has accumulated 1 podium and 2 podiums respectively. He has also contested the ADAC GT Masters, DTM, Formula 3 Euro Series, Formula V8 3.5, and IMSA, and made a single Formula 1 appearance for Spyker in 2007.[1]

Winkelhock has finished ahead of several much stronger drivers in head-to-head competition, notably Nico Rosberg on six occasions and once each against Franco Colapinto, Alexander Albon, and Bertrand Baguette, though these latter three are isolated results rather than patterns of outperformance. His endurance racing record is defined by competition against Platinum-graded peers; he has raced alongside Raffaele Marciello 47 times, finishing behind him in 37 races and ahead in 10; similar gaps separate him from Maro Engel (15 ahead, 29 behind in 44 races), Luca Stolz (9 ahead, 33 behind), Jules Gounon (6 ahead, 34 behind), and Christopher Haase (18 ahead, 21 behind). These records reflect his standing as a mid-tier professional in fields dominated by more accomplished peers.[2]

His single-seater career came early: he took 2 wins and 5 podiums in the Formula 3 Euro Series in 2003 and 3 wins and 7 podiums in Formula V8 3.5 in 2005, competing against front-running amateur and semi-professional fields. Since then his racing has been almost entirely in endurance and GT competition. He remains active as of 2026, most recently competing in GT World Challenge Europe for Eastalent Racing and the Nürburgring 24 Hours for HWA AG, where he scored a podium at the latter in the most recent race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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