Volker Weidler
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 Germany
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| First race: | Zolder 1985 | ||||||||
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| 1985? (Alfa Romeo), 1986 AMG / HWA (Mercedes-Benz), 1989 Ringshausen (Ford) | |||||||||
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| Podiums: | 5 | ||||||||
| Overall wins: | - | ||||||||
| Points: | 129 | ||||||||
Volker Weidler (born March 18, 1962 in Heidelberg ) is a former German automobile racing driver .
Career
Weidler's motorsport career began in 1982 in Formula Ford 2000. The next year he drove in Formula 3, won his fourth race and came third in the German Formula 3 Championship in 1983, whereupon he was given a place in the VW works team in 1984. That season he won three races and finished second in the championship behind Kurt Thiim . In 1985 he won the championship before Kris Nissen . This year he began working as a sports car driver. In 1986 he also drove in Formula 3000 and in the German Touring Car Championship .
In 1989, Weidler started alongside Christian Danner for the German Rial team in Formula 1 . He took the Brazilian Grand Prix to the Hungarian Grand Prix on ten Grand Prix events Select some, but always failed in the pre-qualification and could never for the actual training or the race to qualify. The 1990 season was more successful in the Japanese Formula 3000, which he finished sixth in the competition after a fifth and a sixth place and a victory in Fuji.
In 1991 Volker Weidler celebrated his greatest success in racing. Along with Johnny Herbert and Bertrand Gachot he won on the Mazda 787B with Wankel engine , the 24-hour race at Le Mans . During the race, Weidler fell out an earplug; The driver suffered permanent hearing damage due to the extremely loud, screeching rotary engine.
In the following year, Weidler, as the leader of the Japanese Formula 3000 championship, retired from motorsport due to tinnitus , because as a result he also suffered from imbalance. Since then he has worked as managing director of his parents' service company in Weinheim .
statistics
Career stations
- 1982: Formula Ford
- 1983: European Formula 3 Championship
- 1983: German Formula 3 (3rd place)
- 1984: European Formula 3 Championship
- 1984: German Formula 3 (2nd place)
- 1984: British Formula 3 Championship (16th place)
- 1984: Formula 3 GP Macau (4th place)
- 1985: World Sports Car Championship (56th place)
- 1985: Formula 3 GP Monaco
- 1985: German Formula 3 (champions)
- 1985: Formula 3 European Cup (3rd place)
- 1985: Formula 3 GP Macau (7th place)
- 1986: All Japan Sports Prototype Championship (31st place)
- 1986: World Sports Car Championship (42nd place)
- 1986 : German Touring Car Championship (2nd place)
- 1986 : International Formula 3000 Championship
- 1987: All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship (9th place)
- 1987 : Sports car world championship (19th place)
- 1987: Supercup (3rd place)
- 1988: World Sports Car Championship (36th place)
- 1988 : International Formula 3000 Championship (15th place)
- 1989: Le Mans 24h - IMSA class (3rd place)
- 1989 : German Touring Car Championship (32nd place)
- 1989 : Formula 1
- 1990: All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship (11th place)
- 1990: Le Mans 24h - IMSA class
- 1990: World sports car championship
- 1990: Formula 3000 Japan (6th place)
- 1991: All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship (6th place)
- 1991: Sportscar World Championship (16th place)
- 1991: Formula 3000 Japan (3rd place)
- 1992: Le Mans 24h - C1 class (4th place)
- 1992: IMSA-GTP series
- 1992: All Japan Sports Prototype Championship (8th place)
- 1992 : World Sports Car Championship (22nd place)
- 1992: Formula 3000 Japan (4th place)
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 |
Porsche Kremer Racing
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Porsche 962C |
 Kris Nissen
|
 Kunimitsu Takahashi
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failure | Engine failure | |
| 1989 |
Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.
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Mazda 767B |
Yōjirō Terada
|
 Marc Duez
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Rank 12 | ||
| 1990 |
Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.
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Mazda 787 |
Bertrand Gachot
|
 Johnny Herbert
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failure | Engine failure | |
| 1991 |
Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.
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Mazda 787B |
Bertrand Gachot
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Johnny Herbert
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Overall victory | ||
| 1992 |
Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.
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Mazda MXR-01 |
Bertrand Gachot
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Johnny Herbert
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 Maurizio Sandro Sala
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Rank 4 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: Deutsche Rennfahrer , Heel Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-86852-042-2 , p. 148.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Weidler, Volker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German automobile racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg |