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2008 / DRIVER DOSSIER / British

DavidCoulthard

Red Bull

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CHAMPIONSHIPP16
POINTS8
RACE WINS0
PODIUMS1

The season in numbers.

18 STARTS
BEST FINISHP3
AVERAGE GRID12.8
AVERAGE FINISH13.2
POSITIONS GAINED/LOST

Net positions gained or lost across completed races. DNFs, DNS and DSQs are excluded to avoid distorting the statistic.

Pit-lane or unknown grids and invalid finishing positions are also excluded. Lapped finishes count as completed races.

Net Positions incl. DNFs: -7

+2713 completed races with valid positions
DID NOT FINISH5
FINISH RATE72.2%
PODIUM RATE5.6%
RACE POINTS / START0.4Grand Prix points only

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Driver season race results
Round / Grand PrixDateGridFinishChangePointsStatus
ROUND 1Australian16 Mar8R-60Collision
ROUND 2Malaysian23 Mar129+30Finished
ROUND 3Bahrain6 Apr1718-10+1 Lap
ROUND 4Spanish27 Apr1712+50+1 Lap
ROUND 5Turkish11 May109+10Finished
ROUND 6Monaco25 May15R-40Accident
ROUND 7Canadian8 Jun133+106Finished
ROUND 8French22 Jun79-20Finished
ROUND 9British6 Jul11R-90Collision
ROUND 10German20 Jul1013-30Finished
ROUND 11Hungarian3 Aug1311+20Finished
ROUND 12European24 Aug171700+1 Lap
ROUND 13Belgian7 Sept1411+30+1 Lap
ROUND 14Italian14 Sept1316-30+1 Lap
ROUND 15Singapore28 Sept147+72Finished
ROUND 16Japanese12 Oct11R-90Collision
ROUND 17Chinese19 Oct1510+50Finished
ROUND 18Brazilian2 Nov14R-60Collision
How these statistics are calculated

A finish means “Finished” or a lapped finish. DNFs count starters who did not finish; DNS, DNQ, withdrawals, disqualifications and “Not classified” are excluded from DNF counts. Average finish uses classified positions of starters, including retirements but excluding disqualifications. Average grid excludes zero / unknown grids. Positions Gained/Lost sums grid minus finish only for completed races with valid positive grid and finishing positions. Retirements, non-starters, disqualifications, unclassified results and unknown/pit-lane grids are excluded. A dash means no eligible results; zero means eligible results have no net change. The tooltip’s Net Positions incl. DNFs retains the previous grid-minus-classified-position calculation, including retirements. These figures are not an overtake count. Rates use race starts as denominator. Grand Prix points per start exclude sprints; championship points come from official standings. Historical shared drives can produce multiple entries.

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