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🇩🇪 Christian Danner

Racing driver from Germany. Formula 1, Rial. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Christian Danner
Born
4 April 1958(b. 1958)
Nationality
Germany
Current team
Rial
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Championships
11985
Career wins
4
Career podiums
7
Career starts
50
Career DNFs
22
Racer Rating
5,910
Christian Danner
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,910
Rank 311 of 39,251 indexed, -10 this season
FIA Categorisation
Bronze
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Christian Danner is a racing driver from Germany who last raced in Formula 1 for Rial. Danner is a one-time champion (1985), with 4 wins and 7 podiums from 50 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,910 ranks Danner 311th of 39,251 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
1989 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFBRAITABELMONUSAFRAGBRGERHUNAUTITAPORESPMEXJPNAUSBRAMEXUSACAN
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1989-06-18Circuit Gilles VilleneuveFormula 1P8+86
1989-06-04Phoenix street circuitFormula 1P4+147
1989-05-28Autódromo Hermanos RodríguezFormula 1P12+52
1989-03-26Autódromo Internacional Nelson PiquetFormula 1P14+30
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+147Phoenix street circuit 1989Formula 1P4
+142Pau 1985International Formula 3000P1
+123Red Bull Ring 1986Formula 1P6
+122Dijon 1985International Formula 3000P1
+120Zandvoort 1985International Formula 3000P1
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1989▸Formula 1Rial400003P14+3155,920
1987▸Formula 1Zakspeed16001000P17−2855,605
1986▸Formula 1Arrows15001001P13+425,889
1985▸International Formula 3000BS Fabrications1147020P1+4,4985,848
▸Formula 1Zakspeed200200P15−113
▸Formula 3 MacauBertram Schäfer Racing200000—−205
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Danner finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇫🇷 Philippe Streiff5,85744222250%
🇫🇷 Alain Prost6,8023763116%
🇧🇷 Nelson PiquetFIA Platinum6,7113773019%
🇦🇹 Gerhard Berger6,49137142338%
🇮🇹 Riccardo PatreseFIA Bronze6,41737191851%
🇧🇷 Ayrton Senna6,3323782922%
🇩🇪 Thierry Boutsen6,04937102727%
🇮🇹 Michele Alboreto5,93837122532%
🇬🇧 Nigel Mansell6,3893672919%
🇬🇧 Martin Brundle6,05636152142%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
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Christian Danner is a racing driver from Germany who last raced in Formula 1 for Rial. Danner is a one-time champion (1985), with 4 wins and 7 podiums from 50 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,910 ranks Danner 311th of 39,251 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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