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🇿🇦 Alan van der Merwe

Racing driver from South Africa. International Formula 3000, Super Nova Racing Ltd.
Driver facts
Full name
Alan van der Merwe
Born
31 January 1980(b. 1980)
Nationality
South Africa
Current team
Super Nova Racing Ltd
Series
International Formula 3000
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
8
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
5,260
Alan van der Merwe
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,260
Rank 839 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Alan van der Merwe is a racing driver from South Africa who last raced in International Formula 3000 for Super Nova Racing Ltd. van der Merwe has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 8 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,260 ranks van der Merwe 839th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2004 form
Last 8 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNF
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2004-07-23HockenheimInternational Formula 3000P11−25
2004-07-09SilverstoneInternational Formula 3000P8+39
2004-07-02Magny-CoursInternational Formula 3000P9+19
2004-05-28NurburgringInternational Formula 3000DNF−125
2004-05-21MonacoInternational Formula 3000P9+17
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+38Silverstone 2004International Formula 3000P8
+34Imola 2004International Formula 3000P8
+19Magny-Cours 2004International Formula 3000P9
+17Monaco 2004International Formula 3000P9
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2004▸International Formula 3000Super Nova Racing Ltd700100P14↑900−915,260
2002▸Formula 3 MacauCarlin Motorsport100000—+3,1014,451
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times van der Merwe finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇳🇱 Robert Doornbos5,48382625%
🇮🇹 Vitantonio Liuzzi4,2788080%
🇦🇷 Esteban GuerrieriFIA Platinum5,41473443%
🇫🇷 Yannick Schroeder5,26774357%
🇧🇪 Jeff van Hooydonk5,24873443%
🇮🇹 Enrico ToccaceloFIA Silver5,07171614%
🇮🇹 Raffaele GiammariaFIA Silver5,04872529%
🇹🇭 Tomas EngeFIA Gold5,02873443%
🇦🇷 José María LópezFIA Platinum5,00172529%
🇮🇹 Ferdinando MonfardiniFIA Silver4,83076186%
🇻🇪 Ernesto VisoHigher-rated5,82731233%
🇦🇹 Patrick FriesacherHigher-rated5,56962433%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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833🇧🇷 Arthur LeistStock Car Pro Series5,263
834🇦🇹 Bernhard AuingerFormula 3 Euro Series5,263
835🇺🇸 Manny AyuloFormula 15,263
836🇬🇧 Jake HughesEuropean Le Mans Series5,262
837🇫🇮 Markus NiemeläGP2 Series5,262
838🇧🇷 Lucas di GrassiFormula E5,261
839🇿🇦 Alan van der MerweInternational Formula 30005,260
840🇬🇧 Callum IlottIMSA WeatherTech5,260
841🇦🇷 Esteban TueroFIA GT Championship5,260
842🇺🇸 Patrick PiletNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie5,259
843🇿🇦 Peter de KlerkFormula 15,258
844🇧🇷 Caio ColletIndyCar5,257
845🇮🇹 Nino VaccarellaFormula 15,257
846🇨🇭 Patric NiederhauserGT World Challenge Europe5,257
847🇧🇷 João Paulo de OliveiraSuper GT5,256
848🇿🇦 Tomas ScheckterIndyCar5,254
849🇺🇸 Ty MajeskiNASCAR Truck5,254
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Alan van der Merwe is a racing driver from South Africa who last raced in International Formula 3000 for Super Nova Racing Ltd. van der Merwe has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 8 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,260 ranks van der Merwe 839th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
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