One of the Group C era's most iconic cars, the Porsche 962 still figures in Hans-Joachim Stuck’s dreams. He explains what made the car his ideal muse ⬇️
In a career that yielded the 1990 DTM title with Audi, three Nurburgring 24 Hours wins and two Formula 1 podiums with Brabham in 1977, Hans-Joachim Stuck has sampled plenty of special racing cars. But when it comes to picking his all-time favourite, it’s not up for discussion.
“The combination of this car, the power, the downforce, the drivability was just fantastic,” says Stuck, who recently finished on the podium in a DTM Classic race at the Norisring aged 71. “To drive this car in the corners was really fantastic.” Stuck and Derek Bell claimed three wins aboard the 962 during their 1985 World Endurance Championship title-winning season, including at Hockenheim after a fire engulfed the rival Ickx/Mass carMatters didn’t get much better at Monza, where a practice fire forced Stuck and Bell into racing the old 956. Then, when Stuck got his hands on a 962 once more at Le Mans, it was upstaged by the customer 956s of Joest – claiming a second consecutive win – and Richard Lloyd as he and Bell finished third.
“It’s a goosepimple moment I still have now,” the starter of 74 Formula 1 grands prix says of a race in which he and Bell were joined by Al Holbert. Stuck missed out on the 1986 title to Bell after they were split for the Norisring sprint event and Stuck's polesitting car hit gearbox troubleBy 1987, Porsche had been usurped by Jaguar in the competitive stakes, but Stuck, Bell and Holbert still defended their Le Mans crown – winning by a full 20 laps over the Primagaz 962.
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