Hans-Joachim Stuck

Hans-Joachim Stuck (born 1 January 1951) is a German former racing driver whose career encompassed Formula One, touring cars and four decades of international sports-car competition. Known as “Strietzel”, he shared the 1985 World Endurance Drivers’ Championship, won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Porsche in 1986 and 1987, and claimed the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft title for Audi in 1990.

Driver Bio

Nationality	German
Birthplace	Grainau, Germany
Born	1 January 1951
First Grand Prix	1974 Argentine Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix	1979 United States Grand Prix
Years Active	1974–1979
Current/Last Team	ATS

Stuck contested 81 Formula One Grands Prix between 1974 and 1979, driving for March, Brabham, Shadow and ATS. He scored 29 championship points and achieved two podium finishes with Brabham in 1977.

Life and career

Born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Stuck inherited impeccable racing credentials. His father was Hans Stuck, the celebrated Auto Union Grand Prix driver who finished runner-up in the 1936 European Drivers’ Championship. His mother was Christa Thielmann.

The Nürburgring became young Hans-Joachim’s unconventional classroom. His father taught him to drive around the circuit, and in 1969 Stuck entered his first race on the daunting Nordschleife. The experience turned a childhood ambition into reality: he later recalled reaching the grid determined to start racing and give everyone else a thoroughly difficult afternoon.

Only a year later, aged 19, Stuck shared a BMW 2002ti to victory in the Nürburgring 24 Hours. He would eventually win the race three times, returning to the top step with BMW touring cars in 1998 and 2004.

In 1972, he partnered Jochen Mass in a Ford Capri RS2600 to win the Spa 24 Hours. Further success followed with BMW’s dramatic 3.0 CSL “Batmobile”, which Stuck campaigned extensively during 1974 and 1975 in the German DRM and in the United States, where he also shared driving duties with Ronnie Peterson. Later in the decade, he raced BMW’s turbocharged 320i.

Formula One

Strong performances in Formula Two with March-BMW opened the door to Formula One. Stuck made his World Championship debut for March on 13 January 1974 and became the first Formula One driver born after the inaugural World Championship race of 1950.

Across six seasons, he started 74 of the 81 Grands Prix he entered. His most productive campaign came with Brabham-Alfa Romeo in 1977. Stuck finished third in both the German and Austrian Gr

Grand Prix Stats

Race Entries	81
Race Starts	74
Did Not Start	0
Best Race Start	2nd
Best Race Finish	3rd
Retirements	38
First-Lap Retirements	4
Not Classified	3
Disqualified	0
Did Not Qualify	7

Podiums

Podiums	2
First Podium	1977 German Grand Prix
Last Podium	1977 Austrian Grand Prix
1st Place	0
2nd Place	0
3rd Place	2
Most Consecutive Podiums	2
Most Podiums in a Single Season	2
Seasons with Podiums	1

Qualifying

Qualifying Sessions	81
Reached Q3	–
Q2 Eliminations	–
Q1 Eliminations	–
Did Not Qualify	7

Points

Points Scored	29
Points Finishes	11
Most Points in a Single Season	12
Seasons with Points	5

Front Row Starts

Front Row Starts	1
Poles	0
2nd on Grid	–
Most Front Row Starts in a Season	1
Seasons with Front Row Starts	1

Stats by Season

Year	Constructor	Entries	Starts	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest Laps	Front Rows	DNF	Best Start	Best Result	Pts Finishes	Points	Championship
1974	March	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	4	1	5	16th
1975	March	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	8	0	0	NC
1976	March	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	4	3	8	13th
1977	March / Brabham	15	14	0	2	0	0	1	6	2	3	4	12	11th
1978	Shadow	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	5	2	2	18th
1979	ATS	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	6	12	5	1	2	20th

Teammates & Qualifying Head-to-Head

Teammate	Years	Races	Qualifying H2H
Howden Ganley	1974	2	1-1
Vittorio Brambilla	1974	13	4-9
Lella Lombardi	1975	11	11-0
Ronnie Peterson	1976	16	1-15
John Watson	1977	14	0-14
Giorgio Francia	1977	1	1-0
Clay Regazzoni	1978	16	5-11