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|name=Volker Weidler |nationality=Germany German |birth_date=18 March 1962(age 49) |Years=1989 |Team(s)=Rial |Races=10 (0 starts) |Championships=0 |Wins=0 |Podiums=0 |Points=0 |Poles=0 |Fastest laps=0 |First race=1989 Brazilian Grand Prix |First win= |Last win= |Last race=1989 Hungarian Grand Prix |

Volker Weidler

Personal information
NameVolker Weidler
Formula One World Championship career
Active years1989
TeamsRial
Races10 (0 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First race1989 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last race1989 Hungarian Grand Prix

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Volker Weidler (born March 18, 1962 in Heidelberg) is a former racing driver from Germany, best known for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1991.

In 1985, he became German Formula Three champion.

In the 1989 Formula One season, Weidler entered 10 Formula One Grands Prix racing for the Rial team, but failed to qualify the uncompetitive car on every occasion.

After Formula One, he moved to Japan and raced in the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship and the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. He often fought over the title with Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Ross Cheever and others in the Japanese Formula 3000, and took popularity in Japan.

In 1991, Weidler teamed with Johnny Herbert and Bertrand Gachot to win Le Mans behind the wheel of the rotary engine-powered Mazda 787B, marking also the first and only win of the legendary French race by both a Japanese manufacturer and engine supplier. This rotary engine-powered car was noted for being very loud. From 1992, 3.5L F1 engines were promoted by the FISA while rotary engines were banned, rendering the 787B ineligible after the season which saw its maiden win at Le Mans.

Possibly related to the hours spent in the noisy Mazda , Weidler began to suffer from an ear problem (sensorineural hearing loss) which eventually forced him to retire prematurely from the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship during the 1992 season though Weidler was leading the championship at that time.

When Weidler left the Japanese team, Nova Engineering, he recommended Heinz-Harald Frentzen as his successor.

Volker Weidler Video

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At the controversial 1988 Birmingham Superprix with the F3000 race stopped after three times. The start of the race was red flagged because of David Hunt's massive stunt. This video clip shows the chain reaction leading to the second stoppage of the F3000 race with Cor Euser tapping Volker Weidler into a spin at the first corner of the restarted F3000 race and it caused a massive delay that allowed the frontrunners to get away from the midfield and backmarkers. So it give some more reason for Russell Spence to hold station in his car in the middle of Cavendish Finance Corner after being spun by a fellow British driver, Gary Evans and then decided to hold up the race by stepping on the brake and not to allow the marshals to do their jobs of removing the car from the circuit.
0.22 min. | 5.0 user rating
Sportscar World Championship 24 Hours of Le Mans\24 Heures du Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Sarthe, France June 23rd, 1991
10.20 min. | 5.0 user rating
Sportscar World Championship 24 Hours of Le Mans\24 Heures du Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Sarthe, France June 23rd, 1991
10.58 min. | 5.0 user rating
Sportscar World Championship 24 Hours of Le Mans\24 Heures du Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Sarthe, France June 23rd, 1991
10.67 min. | 5.0 user rating
Sportscar World Championship 24 Hours of Le Mans\24 Heures du Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Sarthe, France June 23rd, 1991
10.57 min. | 5.0 user rating
Sportscar World Championship 24 Hours of Le Mans\24 Heures du Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Sarthe, France June 23rd, 1991
9.70 min. | 5.0 user rating
Sportscar World Championship 24 Hours of Le Mans\24 Heures du Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Sarthe, France June 23rd, 1991
10.60 min. | 5.0 user rating
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Sportscar World Championship 24 Hours of Le Mans\24 Heures du Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Sarthe, France June 23rd, 1991
10.05 min. | 5.0 user rating

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Kurt Thiim
German Formula Three champion
1985
Succeeded by
Kris Nissen
Preceded by
John Nielsen
Price Cobb
Martin Brundle
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
1991 with:
Johnny Herbert
Bertrand Gachot
Succeeded by
Derek Warwick
Yannick Dalmas
Mark Blundell


Rial Racing Rial ARC2 Ford Cosworth DFR (Mader) 3.5 V8 NC 0

German Formula Three champions

Three-timeWalter Komossa
Two-timeSchäfer * Jelinski
One-timeAlbers * van Dam * Deutsch * Deutz * Elkmann * Fontana * Francia * Heidfeld * Kaneishi * Kolmsee * Konrad * Korten * Kreuzer * Kristensen * Lamy * Lang * Leinders * Maring * Mohr * Müller * Nielsen * Nissen * Oliveira * Paffett * Pantano * Scharmann * Schneider * Schumacher * Sommer * Thiim * Trulli * Tung * Vanthoor * Verstappen * Vervisch * Weidler * Wendlinger * Winkelhock



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