Ulli Melkus

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Ulli Melkus in the racing car at the 21st Frohburger Dreieckrennen (number 81)
Grave of Ulli Melkus in the Leubnitz-Neuostra cemetery

Ulrich "Ulli" Melkus (born April 19, 1950 in Dresden ; † June 18, 1990 near Speyer ) was one of the most famous automobile racing drivers in the GDR .

Life

Melkus was a graduate mechanical engineer and had two children.

As the son of Heinz Melkus , a racing car designer and successful racing driver, Ulli Melkus was born with motorsport. He worked as a driver and designer, e.g. B. the Melkus PT 73 Spyder and the formula car SRG MT 77 , followed in his father's footsteps and won many victories. He began his motorsport career at the age of 15 with motorcycle cross-country races, a year later he started kart racing and then rose to the GDR formula racing car at the age of 18, where he immediately won his first race. In 1984 he received the title " Master of Sports ", the highest sporting award in the GDR.

He died in 1990 on the way home from the Nürburgring when a tire burst on his car and his vehicle slipped under a truck. His grave is in the Leubnitz-Neuostra cemetery in Dresden.

His son Ronny has been active in motorsport since 1985.

statistics

Sporting successes

Melkus won all of his titles in the "racing cars up to 1300 cm³" class. He started for the MC Post Dresden association .

  • 1976 GDR champion
  • 1978 Best driver and win the team championship in the Cup for Peace and Friendship series
  • 1980 GDR champion
  • 1980 Best driver and second place in the team classification in the Cup for Peace and Friendship series
  • 1981 participant (29th place) in the team championship in the Cup for Peace and Friendship series
  • 1982 Second best driver and second place in the team classification in the Cup for Peace and Friendship series
  • 1983 GDR champion
  • 1983 Best driver and win the team championship in the Cup for Peace and Friendship series
  • 1984 GDR champion
  • 1984 Best driver and win the team championship in the Cup for Peace and Friendship series
  • 1985 GDR champion
  • 1985 Best driver and third place in the team classification in the Cup for Peace and Friendship series
  • 1986 GDR runner-up
  • 1986 participant (11th place) in the team championship in the Cup for Peace and Friendship series

Probably his last great success was the victory in the race on the Schleizer Dreieck in 1987. In the ranking for the Cup for Peace and Friendship , this was only fifth for Melkus and third for the GDR team at the end of the year.

Web links

Commons : Ulli Melkus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d short portrait in the magazine illustrated motorsport (Berlin), issue 10/1987, p. 240
  2. ↑ a b Portrait on the death of Ulli Melkus in the magazine illustrated motorsport (Berlin), issue 7/1990, pp. 18-19
  3. ↑ Illustration of the certificate ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on May 5, 2010) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ddr-formel1.de
  4. ↑ Championship list in the magazine illustrated motorsport (Berlin), issue 12/1984, pp. 276–278
  5. ↑ Championship list in the magazine illustrated motorsport (Berlin), issue 12/1985, pp. 276–278
  6. ↑ Championship list in the magazine illustrated motorsport (Berlin), issue 12/1986, pp. 276–278
  7. ↑ Report cup triumph: Ulli Melkus! in the magazine illustrated motorsport (Berlin), issue 8/1987, pp. 174-176
personal data
SURNAME Melkus, Ulli
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Melkus, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German automobile racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1990
Place of death at Speyer