Helmut Maier

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	Template:AUS				Template:USA								Template:FRA		Template:GBR				Template:BEL					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			Template:USA				Template:FRA						Template:FRA		Template:GBR		Template:BEL				Template:AUS			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			Template:USA				Template:GBR		Template:FRA						Template:FRA		Template:GBR		Template:BEL				Template:AUS	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