🇩🇪 Markus Winkelhock

Markus Winkelhock is a German racing driver best known outside this record for a single Formula One appearance with Spyker at the 2007 European Grand Prix, where he briefly led the race in wet conditions before retiring. As an Audi factory driver, he built a career across sports car and touring car racing, winning the Nürburgring 24 Hours on three occasions, taking the FIA GT1 World Championship title in 2012 with Mercedes, and claiming the Intercontinental GT Challenge championship in 2017. Within Racer DB, his listed record centers on his DTM activity, where he has competed for Team ABT.[1]

In DTM competition as tracked here, Winkelhock has made two career starts for Team ABT, without recording a win or a podium finish, and he holds no championships in this series according to the database. His Racer Rating stands at 4,158, placing him 464th among ranked active drivers on the platform's Elo-style scale. In the 2026 season, he has taken part in two rounds without a win or podium, sitting P22 in the standings. His status in the database is listed as retired, reflecting the limited and historical nature of his recorded DTM entries relative to his broader motorsport career.[2]