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🇬🇧 Gary Paffett

Racing driver from United Kingdom. GT World Challenge Europe, Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Gary Paffett
Born
24 March 1981(b. 1981)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing
Series
GT World Challenge Europe
Status
Retired
Career wins
3
Career podiums
10
Career starts
30
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
5,849
Gary Paffett
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,849
Rank 349 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Gary Paffett is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in GT World Challenge Europe for Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing. Paffett has recorded 3 wins and 10 podiums from 30 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,849 ranks Paffett 349th 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
2019 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNF
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2019-07-25Total 24 hours of SpaGT World Challenge EuropeP20−34
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+144Hockenheimring 2018DTMP1
+136EuroSpeedway Lausitz 2018DTMP1
+132Zandvoort 2018DTMP1
+116Norisring 2018DTMP2
+104Zandvoort 2018DTMP2
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2019▸GT World Challenge EuropeMercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing100000P38−345,849
2018▸DTMMercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS19310050P2+6835,883
▸Formula EHWA Racelab900000P18−597
2003▸International Formula 3000Brand Motorsports100000P20+4,4475,797
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Paffett finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇩🇪 Pascal WehrleinFIA Platinum6,9672516964%
🇳🇱 Robin FrijnsFIA Platinum6,09725151060%
🇮🇹 Edoardo MortaraFIA Platinum6,5522112957%
🇩🇪 Marco WittmannFIA Platinum5,7391912763%
🇸🇪 Joel ErikssonFIA Platinum5,5941916384%
🇦🇹 Philipp EngFIA Platinum5,5271914574%
🇬🇧 Jamie Green5,2811915479%
🇬🇧 Paul Di RestaFIA Platinum5,2201911858%
🇨🇭 Mike RockenfellerFIA Platinum5,1181915479%
🇪🇸 Daniel JuncadellaFIA Platinum4,9911916384%
🇬🇧 Oliver RowlandFIA Platinum, 2× champion6,96263350%
🇳🇿 Mitch EvansFIA Platinum6,95492722%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
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Gary Paffett is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in GT World Challenge Europe for Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing. Paffett has recorded 3 wins and 10 podiums from 30 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,849 ranks Paffett 349th 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
Paffett named racing director for Cupra Kiro[1]
racer.com
14 Aug 2025
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Paffet named Kiro Race’s racing director in Formula E[2]
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14 Aug 2025
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21 Feb 2023
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