# Frank Jelinski

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

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| 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 |
| 1983 | Maurer Motorsport | Maurer MM83 | BMW | | | | | | | | | | | ZOL Ret | MUG | | 20th | 1 |
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### 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 |
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### 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 |
| 1984 | Liqui Moly Equipe | BMW 635 CSi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NÜR 11 | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 18 |
| 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 |
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