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1996 / DRIVER DOSSIER / British

DavidCoulthard

McLaren

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CHAMPIONSHIPP7
POINTS18
RACE WINS0
PODIUMS2

The season in numbers.

16 STARTS
BEST FINISHP2
AVERAGE GRID8.3
AVERAGE FINISH10.2
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: -31

+169 completed races with valid positions
DID NOT FINISH7
FINISH RATE56.3%
PODIUM RATE12.5%
RACE POINTS / START1.1Grand Prix points only

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Driver season race results
Round / Grand PrixDateGridFinishChangePointsStatus
ROUND 1Australian10 Mar13R-30Throttle
ROUND 2Brazilian31 Mar14R-10Spun off
ROUND 3Argentine7 Apr97+20Finished
ROUND 4European28 Apr63+34Finished
ROUND 5San Marino5 May4R-100Hydraulics
ROUND 6Monaco19 May52+36Finished
ROUND 7Spanish2 Jun14R-40Collision
ROUND 8Canadian16 Jun104+63Finished
ROUND 9French30 Jun76+11+1 Lap
ROUND 10British14 Jul95+42Finished
ROUND 11German28 Jul75+22Finished
ROUND 12Hungarian11 Aug9R-70Engine
ROUND 13Belgian25 Aug4R-70Spun off
ROUND 14Italian8 Sept5R-150Spun off
ROUND 15Portuguese22 Sept813-50+2 Laps
ROUND 16Japanese13 Oct8800Finished
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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