Editing Manfred Winkelhock (section)

==Racing career==
Born in [[Waiblingen]] on 6 October 1951,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Manfred_Winkelhock |title=Manfred_Winkelhock |work=www.oldracingcars.com |access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> Manfred Winkelhock was the older brother of [[Joachim Winkelhock|Joachim]] and [[Thomas Winkelhock|Thomas]]. He began racing in Formula Two in 1978 and survived a major crash at [[Nürburgring]] Nordschleife circuit. The front wing of his [[March 802]], still made of metal at that time, got bent early in the race, suffering some loss of downforce. Despite driving carefully, in the fourth lap, when going over the very steep rise of Quiddelbacher Höhe before Flugplatz corner, the car suddenly lifted its nose, went airborne, somersaulted backwards and then sideways.

Winkelhock along with [[Hervé Poulain]] and [[Marcel Mignot]] drove a [[BMW M1]] [[Group 4 (racing)|Group 4]] racing version that was painted by pop artist [[Andy Warhol]] for the [[1979 24 Hours of Le Mans]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Taylor|first=James|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xMRT2oqlIkYC&dq=Poulain+andy+warhol+1978&pg=PA28|title=Original BMW M-Series|date=2001|publisher=MBI Publishing Company LLC|isbn=978-0-7603-0898-1|pages=28–29|language=en}}</ref> They came in 6th overall and 2nd in their class.<ref name=":0" />

Winkelhock's first attempt at qualifying for a [[Formula One]] Grand Prix race was in [[1980 Italian Grand Prix|Italy]], when he stood in for the injured [[Jochen Mass]] at [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]. He was able to land a drive with [[ATS (wheels)|ATS]] in {{f1|1982}}. As BMW became the team's engine supplier in {{f1|1983}}, he qualified well on several occasions in 1983 and {{f1|1984}}, but the car was rarely reliable, so there were few results and a lot of accidents.

His son, [[Markus Winkelhock]], is also a racing driver. He participated in only one F1 race, the European GP at the Nürburgring in 2007, and led for six laps due to rain.