Gary Paffett is a racing driver from Great Britain who last raced in DTM for Mercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS. Paffett has recorded 3 wins and 10 podiums from 19 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 7,237 ranks Paffett ninth of 12,285 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | DTM | Mercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS | 19 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | P1 | +475 | 7,475 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Marco Wittmann | 5,897 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 63% |
| 🇦🇹 Philipp Eng | 5,829 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 74% |
| 🇸🇪 Joel Eriksson | 5,509 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 84% |
| 🇨🇭 Mike Rockenfeller | 5,176 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 79% |
| 🇲🇨 Paul di Resta | 5,083 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 58% |
| 🇩🇪 Timo GLOCK | 4,878 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 74% |
| 🇪🇸 Daniel Juncadella | 4,633 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 84% |
| 🇩🇪 Pascal Wehrlein | 6,624 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 78% |
| 🇨🇦 Bruno Spengler | 6,468 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 72% |
| 🏳️ Jamie Green | 3,523 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 83% |
Gary Paffett is a British racing driver whose career is most closely associated with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, where he competed for Mercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS. Coming up through British karting and junior single-seater categories, he earned recognition early in his career by winning the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award in 1999, a result that helped open the door to further opportunities within the Mercedes and McLaren sphere, including work as a test and reserve driver for McLaren during the team's title-winning years in Formula One and a later similar role with Williams. His long association with DTM established him as one of the series' most familiar names over a career spanning many seasons.[1]
Within the Racer DB record, Paffett is listed with a status of retired and a career total of 19 starts, 3 wins, and 10 podium finishes, figures that place him ninth among active drivers on the Racer Rating scale with a score of 7,237. His most recent tracked campaign shows 3 wins and 10 podiums across 19 rounds, finishing first in the standings that season. Across his time in DTM, Paffett built a reputation as a consistent frontrunner, and his record of race wins and podium finishes underlines the sustained competitiveness that made him a fixture of the series for many years.[2]