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2017 / DRIVER DOSSIER / German

SebastianVettel

Ferrari · No. 5

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CHAMPIONSHIPP2
POINTS317
RACE WINS5
PODIUMS13

The season in numbers.

20 STARTS
BEST FINISHP1
AVERAGE GRID3.2
AVERAGE FINISH4.2
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: -20

+1418 completed races with valid positions
DID NOT FINISH2
FINISH RATE90%
PODIUM RATE65%
RACE POINTS / START15.9Grand Prix points only

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Driver season race results
Round / Grand PrixDateGridFinishChangePointsStatus
ROUND 1Australian26 Mar21+125Finished
ROUND 2Chinese9 Apr22018Finished
ROUND 3Bahrain16 Apr31+225Finished
ROUND 4Russian30 Apr12-118Finished
ROUND 5Spanish14 May22018Finished
ROUND 6Monaco28 May21+125Finished
ROUND 7Canadian11 Jun24-212Finished
ROUND 8Azerbaijan25 Jun44012Finished
ROUND 9Austrian9 Jul22018Finished
ROUND 10British16 Jul37-46Finished
ROUND 11Hungarian30 Jul11025Finished
ROUND 12Belgian27 Aug22018Finished
ROUND 13Italian3 Sept63+315Finished
ROUND 14Singapore17 Sept1R-170Accident
ROUND 15Malaysian1 Oct204+1612Finished
ROUND 16Japanese8 Oct2R-170Spark plugs
ROUND 17United States22 Oct22018Finished
ROUND 18Mexican29 Oct14-312Finished
ROUND 19Brazilian12 Nov21+125Finished
ROUND 20Abu Dhabi26 Nov33015Finished
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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