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🇬🇧 Dan Wheldon
Racing driver from United Kingdom. IndyCar, Andretti Green Racing. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Dan Wheldon
Born
22 June 1978(b. 1978)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Andretti Green Racing
Series
IndyCar
Status
Deceased
Championships
12005
Career wins
16
Career podiums
43
Career starts
138
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
5,800
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,800Rank 381 of 40,700 indexed, -401 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Dan Wheldon is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in IndyCar for Andretti Green Racing. Wheldon is a one-time champion (2005), with 16 wins and 43 podiums from 138 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,800 ranks Wheldon 381th of 40,700 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.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2011 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 2011-10-16 | IZOD INDYCAR World Championship | P30 | −147 |
| 2011-10-02 | Kentucky Indy 300 | P14 | −19 |
| 2011-05-29 | Indianapolis 500 | P1 | +125 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +139 | Firestone Indy 200 2003 | IndyCar | P4 |
| +129 | Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300 2010 | IndyCar | P2 |
| +125 | The 94th Indianapolis 500 2010 | IndyCar | P2 |
| +125 | Indianapolis 500 2011 | IndyCar | P1 |
| +123 | Indy Japan 300 2004 | IndyCar | P1 |
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Kansas5 starts+25
Homestead-Miami Speedway5 starts+17
Kentucky Indy 3004 starts+16
SunTrust Indy Challenge4 starts+12
Struggles
St. Petersburg4 starts-49
Sonoma Raceway4 starts-15
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | ▸IndyCar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −40 | 6,201 | |
| 2010 | ▸IndyCar | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +253 | 6,241 | |
| ▸SKUSA SuperNationals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −71 | |||
| 2009 | ▸IndyCar | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | −525 | 6,060 | |
| ▸SKUSA SuperNationals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −18 | |||
| 2008 | ▸IndyCar | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +99 | 6,603 | |
| ▸SKUSA SuperNationals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −179 | |||
| 2007 | ▸IndyCar | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | −581 | 6,682 | |
| 2006 | ▸IndyCar | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +110 | 7,263 | |
| 2005 | ▸IndyCar | Andretti Green Racing | 17 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +333 | 7,153 |
| 2004 | ▸IndyCar | Andretti Green Racing | 16 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P2 | +819 | 6,820 |
| 2003 | ▸IndyCar | Andretti Green Racing | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +537 | 6,001 |
| 2002 | ▸IndyCar | Panther Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | +4,114 | 5,464 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Wheldon finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇷 Helio CastronevesFIA Platinum | 4,195 | 134 | 63 | 71 | 47% |
| 🇧🇷 Tony KanaanFIA Platinum | 3,943 | 133 | 61 | 72 | 46% |
| 🇳🇿 Scott DixonFIA Platinum | 6,124 | 132 | 59 | 73 | 45% |
| 🇧🇷 Vitor Meira | 5,611 | 116 | 79 | 37 | 68% |
| 🇺🇸 Ed Carpenter | 5,196 | 108 | 88 | 20 | 81% |
| 🇿🇦 Tomas Scheckter | 5,254 | 103 | 78 | 25 | 76% |
| 🇺🇸 Danica Patrick | 4,805 | 103 | 62 | 41 | 60% |
| 🇬🇧 Dario Franchitti | 6,348 | 102 | 45 | 57 | 44% |
| 🇺🇸 Buddy RiceFIA Gold | 4,650 | 98 | 70 | 28 | 71% |
| 🇺🇸 Marco AndrettiFIA Gold | 3,407 | 86 | 48 | 38 | 56% |
| 🇬🇧 Mike ConwayFIA Platinum, 2× champion | 6,279 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 68% |
| 🇺🇸 Will PowerFIA Platinum, 2× champion | 6,256 | 44 | 22 | 22 | 50% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 371 | 🇺🇸 Al Keller | Formula 1 | 5,819 |
| 372 | 🇧🇷 Hernando da Silva Ramos | Formula 1 | 5,816 |
| 373 | 🇫🇷 Jacques Pollet | Formula 1 | 5,816 |
| 374 | 🏳️ Sam Tingle | Formula 1 | 5,813 |
| 375 | 🇮🇹 Vittorio Brambilla | Formula 1 | 5,813 |
| 376 | 🇺🇸 George Follmer | Formula 1 | 5,811 |
| 377 | 🇺🇸 Fred Agabashian | Formula 1 | 5,810 |
| 378 | 🇨🇦 Nicholas Latifi | Formula 1 | 5,809 |
| 379 | 🇺🇸 Danny Sullivan | Formula 1 | 5,808 |
| 380 | 🇫🇷 Yves Cabantous | Formula 1 | 5,805 |
| 381 | 🇬🇧 Dan Wheldon | IndyCar | 5,800 |
| 382 | 🇫🇷 Sébastien Loeb | 24H Series | 5,799 |
| 383 | 🇯🇵 Kazuki Nakajima | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 5,793 |
| 384 | 🇬🇧 Philip Hanson | WEC | 5,792 |
| 385 | 🇬🇧 Will Stevens | WEC | 5,792 |
| 386 | 🇧🇷 Pedro Diniz | Formula 1 | 5,791 |
| 387 | 🇫🇷 Victor Martins | WEC | 5,790 |
| 388 | 🇦🇹 Rene Rast | WEC | 5,788 |
| 389 | 🇨🇭 Franco Forini | Formula 1 | 5,785 |
| 390 | 🇳🇱 Laurens van Hoepen | Formula 2 | 5,785 |
| 391 | 🇨🇳 Yifei Ye | WEC | 5,785 |
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