Life and career

He was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and is the son of Christa Thielmann and the legendary Hans Stuck. As a young boy, his father taught him driving on the Nürburgring. In 1969 he started his first ever motor race at the Nordschleife. Speaking about that day he said, "Getting to the grid was extremely exciting. All of a sudden, my wishes to become a racer came true. I just wanted to start the race and give everybody hell!" The following year, at just 19 years of age, he won his first 24 hours race at the wheel of a BMW 2002TI. He won there again in 1998 and 2004, too, each time with a BMW touring car.

In 1972, Stuck teamed up with Jochen Mass to drive a Ford Capri RS2600 to victory at the Spa 24 Hours endurance race in Belgium. His campaigns racing the BMW 3.0 CSL "Batmobile" were very successful in 1974 and 1975, in the German DRM as well as in the USA together with Ronnie Peterson. Later in the 1970s he raced the turbo-charged BMW 320i.

After some success in Formula 2 with a March-BMW, he also entered F1 with March. Overall, Stuck participated in 81 Grands Prix, debuting on 13 January 1974. He achieved 2 podiums and scored 29 championship points. Stuck was quite successful at Brabham-Alfa in 1977, leading the 1977 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen in the rain, but was replaced by Niki Lauda for 1978. Stuck missed an opportunity to join Williams F1 just before this team became successful.

Due to his height of 194 centimetres (6 ft 4 in), he did not fit well into the F1 cars of the late 1970s that had the cockpit moved forward. Leaving F1 at that time probably spared him bad injuries to the leg, as suffered by Ronnie Peterson, Clay Regazzoni, Marc Surer and others.

Stuck continued racing touring and sports cars all over the world, winning the 24 hours of Le Mans twice with a Porsche 962. Stuck says the 962 is the favourite racecar he has driven during his career, describing it has having the "perfect combination of power and downforce".

In the 1990s he tasted touring car success, winning the DTM Championship in 1990 with Audi, before returning to Porsche until the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1998. He resumed an official role with BMW after that. In 2006, Stuck raced in the inaugural season of the Grand Prix Masters formula for retired Formula One drivers after scoring 6th in the first race event at the Kyalami circuit in South Africa on 11-13 November 2005.

January 2008 saw Stuck begin his current position with Volkswagen Motorsport. This role has also seen him use his experience to help refine road cars, including the new Golf VI GTI.

Stuck announced the end of his active career as a race driver after 43 years after the 2011 Nürburgring 24 hours, in which he participated with a Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3 together with Dennis Rostek and his sons Ferdinand Stuck and Johannes Stuck. Team Stuck³ finished 15th overall following gearbox problems.

In April 2012, Stuck was appointed President of the German Motorsport Association (Deutscher Motor Sport Bund). http://richardsf1.com/2012/04/26/stuck-gets-german-motorsports-top-job/

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
1971	Eifelland Wohnwagenbau	Brabham BT30	Cosworth FVA	HOC	THR	NÜR	JAR	PAL	ROU	MAN	TUL	ALB	VAL	VAL							—	0
1973	STP March Engineering	March 732	BMW M12	MAL	HOC	THR	NÜR	PAU	KIN	NIV	HOC	ROU	MNZ	MAN	KAR	PER	SAL	NOR	ALB	VAL	—	0
1974	March Engineering	March 742	BMW M12	BAR	HOC	PAU	SAL	HOC	MUG	KAR	PER	HOC	VAL								2nd	43
1975	Jägermeister Team March	March 752	BMW M12	EST	THR		NÜR	PAU													—	0
	March Engineering					HOC			HOC	SAL	ROU	MUG	PER	SIL	ZOL	NOG	VAL
1976	BMW Motorsport	March 762	BMW	HOC	THR	VAL	SAL	PAU	HOC	ROU	MUG	PER	EST	NOG							—	0
	March Cars Ltd														HOC
1977	Project Four Racing	Ralt RT1	BMW	SIL	THR	HOC	NÜR	VAL	PAU	MUG	ROU	NOG	PER	MIS	EST	DON					—	0
1979	March Racing Ltd	March 792	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR	VAL	MUG	PAU	HOC	ZAN	PER	MIS	DON						—	0

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1974	March Engineering	March 741	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA			16th	5
1975	Lavazza March	March 751	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA				NC	0
1976	March Racing	March 761	Cosworth V8	BRA	RSA		ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN		13th	8
	Theodore Racing					USW
1977	Team Rothmans International	March 761B	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA															11th	12
	Martini Racing	Brabham BT45B	Alfa Romeo Flat-12				USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN
1978	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN8	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA															18th	2
		Shadow DN9					USW	MON	BEL	ESP	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN
1979	ATS Wheels	ATS D2	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER								20th	2
		ATS D3												AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1972	Ford Motor Company Deutschland	Jochen Mass	Ford Capri 2600RS	S 3.0	152	DNF	DNF
1973	BMW Motorsport	Chris Amon	BMW 3.0CSL	T 5.0	160	DNF	DNF
1980	BMW Motorsport GmbH	Hans-Georg Bürger Dominique Lacaud	BMW M1	IMSA	283	15th	5th
1981	BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport	Jean-Pierre Jarier Helmut Henzler	BMW M1	IMSA GTX	57	DNF	DNF
1982	BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport	Jean-Louis Schlesser Dieter Quester	Sauber SHS C6-Ford	C	76	DNF	DNF
1985	Rothmans Porsche	Derek Bell	Porsche 962C	C1	367	3rd	3rd
1986	Rothmans Porsche	Derek Bell Al Holbert	Porsche 962C	C1	368	1st	1st
1987	Rothmans Porsche AG	Derek Bell Al Holbert	Porsche 962C	C1	368	1st	1st
1988	Porsche AG	Klaus Ludwig Derek Bell	Porsche 962C	C1	394	2nd	2nd
1989	Joest Racing	Bob Wollek	Porsche 962C	C1	382	3rd	3rd
1990	Joest Porsche Racing	Derek Bell Frank Jelinski	Porsche 962C	C1	350	4th	4th
1991	Konrad Motorsport	Derek Bell Frank Jelinski	Porsche 962C	C2	347	7th	7th
1993	Le Mans Porsche Team	Walter Röhrl Hurley Haywood	Porsche 911 Turbo S LM-GT	GT	79	DNF	DNF
1994	Le Mans Porsche Team Joest Racing	Thierry Boutsen Danny Sullivan	Dauer 962 Le Mans	GT1	343	3rd	2nd
1995	Porsche Kremer Racing	Thierry Boutsen Christophe Bouchut	Kremer K8 Spyder	WSC	289	6th	2nd
1996	Porsche AG	Thierry Boutsen Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1	353	2nd	1st
1997	Porsche AG	Thierry Boutsen Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1	238	DNF	DNF
1998	Team BMW Motorsport	Steve Soper Tom Kristensen	BMW V12 LM	LMP1	60	DNF	DNF

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Year	Team	Car	Also driven by	Also driven by	Also driven by	Position	Notes
1970	Koepchen	BMW 2002 TI	Clemens Schickentanz	-	-	1st
1971	Alpina	BMW 2002 TI	Günter Huber	-	-	Retired	Engine failure
1972	Fritzinger Tuning	Ford Capri RS 2600	Klaus Fritzinger	-	-	2nd
1981	Unknown	BMW 320i Gr. 2	K. Hens	Michael Middelhaufe	-	5th in class
1982	Auto Budde Racing Team	BMW 528i	Heiner Müller	Michael Middelhaufe	-	Retired	Accident
1984	Unknown	BMW 635 CSi	Dieter Quester	Harald Grohs	-	Retired	Accident
1992	Unknown	Porsche 911 Carrera 2	Olaf Manthey	Walter Röhrl	Frank Biela	3rd
1998	BMW Motorsport	BMW 320d	Marc Duez	Christian Menzel	Andreas Bovensiepen	1st
2000	Scheid Motorsport	BMW M3 GTRS	Johannes Scheid	Stefan Schlesack	-	Retired
2002	Scheid Motorsport	BMW M3 GTRS	Johannes Scheid	Mario Merten	Oliver Kainz	Retired	Gearbox failure
2003	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GTR	Boris Said	John Nielsen	Marc Duez	Retired	Accident
2004	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GTR	Pedro Lamy	Jörg Müller	Dirk Müller	1st
2005	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GTR	Pedro Lamy	Jörg Müller	Dirk Müller	2nd
2006	Duller Motorsport	BMW M3 E46 GT	Dieter Quester	Dirk Werner	Artur Deutgen	Retired	Accident
2007	Schubert Motorsport	BMW Z4 M Coupe	Johannes Stuck	Claudia Hürtgen	Richard Göransson	5th	Class win
2008	Volkswagen Motorsport	VW Scirocco GT24	Florian Gruber	Thomas Mutsch	Jimmy Johansson	11th	Class win
2008	Volkswagen Motorsport	VW Scirocco GT24	Carlos Sainz	Giniel de Villiers	Dieter Depping	15th	Double entry
2009	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi R8 LMS GT3	Emanuele Pirro	Frank Biela	Marcel Fässler	12th
2010	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi R8 LMS GT3	Marc Basseng	Mike Rockenfeller	Frank Stippler	Retired	Engine failure
2011	Team Stuck³	Gallardo LP600+ GT3	Johannes Stuck	Ferdinand Stuck	Dennis Rostek	15th	Stuck's final race

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