Frank Jelinski
Introduction '''Frank Jelinski''' (born 23 May 1958 in Bad Münder am Deister) is a German former 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  Pts  Bertram Schäfer Racing Maurer MM82 BMW SIL HOC THR NÜR MUG VAL PAU SPA HOC DON MAN PER MIS 12th 7  Bertram Schäfer Racing Maurer MM82 BMW SIL THR HOC NÜR VAL PAU JAR DON MIS PER 20th 1 Maurer Motorsport Maurer MM83 BMW ZOL MUG===24 Hours of Le Mans results=== Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps   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'''===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  Pts 1984 Fischhaber-Racing Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6 ZOL HOC AVU AVU MFA WUN NÜR NÜR NOR NÜR DIE HOC HOC ZOL 25th 18 Liqui Moly Equipe BMW 635 CSi NÜR 1990 Schmidt Motorsport Technik Audi V8 Quattro ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 AVU1 AVU2 MFA1 MFA2 WUN1 WUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 DIE1 DIE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 '''HOC1''' HOC2 18th 30 1991 Audi Zentrum Reutlingen Audi V8 Quattro Evo ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 AVU1 AVU2 WUN1 WUN2 NOR1 NOR2 DIE1 DIE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ALE1 ALE2 HOC1 HOC2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 10th 83 1992 Audi Zentrum Reutlingen Audi V8 Quattro Evo ZOL1 ZOL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 WUN1 WUN2 AVU1 AVU2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 BRN1 BRN2 DIE1 DIE2 ALE1 ALE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 19th 12
References
External links ** Frank Jelinski photos at The Motor-Racing Picture Collection