Willi Bartels (racing driver)

Wilhelm "Willi" Bartels (born March 6, 1927 in Plettenberg , Sauerland ; † February 22, 2005 ) was a German racing driver .

Career

Hill climb

Bartels was at home in active mountain racing for 30 years . In the 1970s he was twice European GT Mountain Champion (1971 and 1976). This earned him the nickname "Mountain King".

During his active time, he achieved more than 300 race victories and set numerous course records. Bartels was popular with his fans because of his driving style. A courageous and aggressive driving style was his hallmark, he sometimes drove up the hill climbs at speeds over 200 km / h.

Private

Willi Bartels was the father of Michael Bartels , the FIA-GT driver and long-time partner of Steffi Graf . He died of cancer in 2005.

statistics

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1963	Wilhelm Bartels	Porsche 356	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
											16
1972	Reinhold Joest	Porsche 908	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
										DNF
1976	Joest Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	MUG	VAL	ONLY	MON	SIL	IMO	ONLY	ZEL	BY	WAT	MOS	DIJ	DIJ	SAL
			4th

Web links

• "Bergkönig" Wilhelm Bartels is dead on plettenberg-lexikon.de (with picture)