Helmut Maier

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Helmut Maier (born 7th December, 1943 in Passau, Germany) is a German racing driver best known for his appearances in World Touring Car Masters. In 1989, he became the World Touring Car Masters Class D champion.

WTCM

Maier raced in the inaugural WTCM season in 1988 in a self-ran Toyota Corolla Coupe - taking in the three German rounds that season. Decent results in these three rounds were enough to secure fourth place in class.

The following year, Maier embarked on a near-full season in WTCM (only missing on the races in South Africa) and joined up with fellow German Wolfgang Kudrass at the semi-works Volkswagen Dealers Racing team - piloting his now famous Volkswagen Golf Mk1 for the first time. Maier gelled with the Golf immediately, taking clean sweeps of class wins at Fuji, Brno and Spa-Francorchamps. Being one of the few Class D runners at most rounds, Maier won his class at a canter - taking 316 points to Kudrass's 181.

Later career

Maier has remained an active racing driver to this day, frequently racing his Volkswagen Golf in hillclimb and Oldtimer events in Germany, Austria and Czechia.

Complete WTCM Results

Year Team Car Class WDC Pts Class Pts
1988 Helmut Maier Toyota Corolla Coupe D Flag of Australia svg.png Flag of Japan svg.png Flag of the United States svg.png Flag of Germany svg.png Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 svg.png Flag of Germany svg.png Flag of France svg.png Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Flag of Italy svg.png Flag of Belgium svg.png Flag of Germany svg.png N/A 0 4th 95
E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E
NOR
29
NOR
33
HOC
21
HOC
18
NUR
35
1989 Volkswagen Dealers Racing Volkswagen Golf Mk1 D Flag of Japan svg.png Flag of the United States svg.png Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 svg.png Flag of France svg.png Flag of the Czech Republic svg.png Flag of Italy svg.png Flag of France svg.png Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Flag of Belgium svg.png Flag of Germany svg.png Flag of Australia svg.png 77th 2 1st 316
E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E
FUJ
22
FUJ
31
GLN
Ret
GLN
36
PAU
Ret
PAU
Ret
BRN
21
BRN
30
MON
Ret
MON
33
CHA
19
CHA
31
BIR
DNQ
BIR
DNQ
SPA
17
SPA
36
NUR
Ret
NUR
42
BAT
DNQ
1990 Volkswagen Racing D Flag of Japan svg.png Flag of the United States svg.png Flag of Nigeria svg.png Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Flag of France svg.png Flag of the Czech Republic svg.png Flag of Italy svg.png Flag of France svg.png Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Flag of Belgium svg.png Flag of Germany svg.png Flag of Australia svg.png N/A 0 8th 68
E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E
Volkswagen Golf Mk1 FUJ
DNQ
FUJ
DNQ
GLN
DNQ
GLN
DNQ
LAG
DNQ
LAG
DNQ
BRH
DNQ
BRH
DNQ
PAU
DNQ
PAU
DNQ
BRN
DNQ
BRN
DNQ
MNZ
DNQ
MNZ
DNQ
CHA
DNQ
CHA
DNQ
BIR
DNQ
BIR
DNQ
SPA
DNQ
SPA
DNQ
NUR
DNQ
NUR
DNQ
Volkswagen Golf Mk2 BAT
Ret