Frank Jelinski

Frank Jelinski (born 23 May 1958 in Bad Münder am Deister) is a retired German racing driver.

Career

After karting, Jelinski moved to the German Formula Three Championship in 1978 and European Formula Super Vee in 1979 finishing 4th. In 1980 he won the German F3 championship and finished 13th in the European championship. He repeated his German F3 championship in 1981. He moved to Formula Two in 1982 and finished 12th. In 1983 he made 4 F2 starts and began a transition to sports cars that would last the rest of his career. In 1984 he made 6 World Sportscar Championship starts and two DTM starts. He captured his first World Sportscar Championship win in 1986 driving for Brun Motorsport and moved to Joest Racing in 1987. He continued with Joest until the 1991 24 Hours of Daytona, which he won with teammates Hurley Haywood, "John Winter", Henri Pescarolo, and Bob Wollek. He moved to DTM full-time that year driving an AZR Audi to 10th in points. He retired from full-time racing in 1992, but returned for the 24 Hours of Le Mans every year until 1995, and has since occasionally come out of retirement for one-off appearances.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos. Pts
1982 Bertram Schäfer Racing Maurer MM82 BMW SIL
17		 HOC
8		 THR
9		 NÜR
7		 MUG
11		 VAL
Ret		 PAU
4		 SPA
11		 HOC
5		 DON
Ret		 MAN
Ret		 PER
5		 MIS
10		 12th 7
1983 Bertram Schäfer Racing Maurer MM82 BMW SIL
Ret		 THR
6		 HOC NÜR
8		 VAL PAU JAR DON MIS PER 20th 1
Maurer Motorsport Maurer MM83 BMW ZOL
Ret		 MUG
Source:[1]

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1983 Porsche Kremer Racing Patrick Gaillard
Derek Warwick		 Porsche-Kremer CK5 C 76 DNF DNF
1985 Team Labatt John Graham
Nick Adams		 Gebhardt JC853-Ford Cosworth C2 224 NC NC
1986 Brun Motorsport Walter Brun
Massimo Sigala		 Porsche 962C C1 75 DNF DNF
1987 Joest Racing Hurley Haywood
Stanley Dickens		 Porsche 962C C1 7 DNF DNF
1988 Blaupunkt Joest Racing Stanley Dickens
Louis Krages		 Porsche 962C C1 385 3rd 3rd
1989 Joest Racing Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Louis Krages		 Porsche 962C C1 124 DNF DNF
1990 Joest Porsche Racing Hans-Joachim Stuck
Derek Bell		 Porsche 962C C1 350 4th 4th
1991 Konrad Motorsport
Joest Porsche Racing		 Hans-Joachim Stuck
Derek Bell		 Porsche 962C C1 347 7th 7th
1993 Joest Porsche Racing Manuel Reuter
John Winter		 Porsche 962C C2 282 DNF DNF
1994 Callaway Sport Inc. Boris Said
Michel Maisonneuve		 Callaway Corvette SuperNatural GT2 142 DSQ DSQ
1995 Callaway Sport Inc. Enrico Bertaggia
Johnny Unser		 Callaway Corvette LMGT2 273 9th 2nd
Source:[2]

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos. Pts
1984 Fischhaber-Racing Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6 ZOL
11		 HOC AVU AVU MFA WUN NÜR NÜR NOR NÜR DIE HOC HOC ZOL 25th 18
Liqui Moly Equipe BMW 635 CSi NÜR
11
1990 Schmidt Motorsport Technik Audi V8 Quattro ZOL
1		 ZOL
2		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 AVU
1		 AVU
2		 MFA
1		 MFA
2		 WUN
1		 WUN
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 NOR
1		 NOR
2		 DIE
1		 DIE
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 HOC
1
2		 HOC
2
2		 18th 30
1991 Audi Zentrum Reutlingen Audi V8 Quattro Evo ZOL
1
17		 ZOL
2
10		 HOC
1
12		 HOC
2
6		 NÜR
1
11		 NÜR
2
8		 AVU
1
3		 AVU
2
Ret		 WUN
1
Ret		 WUN
2
Ret		 NOR
1
7		 NOR
2
5		 DIE
1
21		 DIE
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
Ret		 ALE
1
4		 ALE
2
3		 HOC
1
2		 HOC
2
3		 BRN
1
16		 BRN
2
6		 DON
1
6		 DON
2
16		 10th 83
1992 Audi Zentrum Reutlingen Audi V8 Quattro Evo ZOL
1
15		 ZOL
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
3		 NÜR
2
11		 WUN
1
12		 WUN
2
13		 AVU
1
Ret		 AVU
2
DNS		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
12		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
Ret		 NOR
1		 NOR
2		 BRN
1		 BRN
2		 DIE
1		 DIE
2		 ALE
1		 ALE
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 19th 12
Source:[3][4]

References
  1. "Frank Jelinski – Biography". Motor Sport. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  2. "All Results of Frank Jelinski". RacingSportCars. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  3. "1984-1985 Deutsche Produktionswagen Meisterschaft". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  4. "1986-1993 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Michael Korten		 German Formula Three champion
1980-1981		 Succeeded by
John Nielsen


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