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🇬🇧 Jonathan Palmer

Racing driver from United Kingdom. Formula 1, Tyrrell.
Driver facts
Full name
Jonathan Palmer
Born
7 November 1956(b. 1956)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Tyrrell
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
84
Career DNFs
39
Racer Rating
5,978
Jonathan Palmer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,978
Rank 241 of 40,105 indexed, -78 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Jonathan Palmer is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Tyrrell. Palmer has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 84 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,978 ranks Palmer 241th of 40,105 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)
P1P5P10P20DNFBELPORESPJPNAUSBRAITAMONMEXUSACANFRAGBRGERHUNBELITAPORESPJPN
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1989-10-22SuzukaFormula 1DNF−116
1989-10-01Circuito de JerezFormula 1P10+42
1989-09-24Autódromo do EstorilFormula 1P6+100
1989-09-10Autodromo Nazionale di MonzaFormula 1DNF−67
1989-08-27Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsFormula 1P14−3
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+130Circuit de Monaco 1987Formula 1P5
+118Detroit Street Circuit 1986Formula 1P8
+107Hockenheimring 1987Formula 1P5
+101Adelaide Street Circuit 1987Formula 1P4
+100Autódromo do Estoril 1989Formula 1P6
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Circuit de Monaco5 starts+42
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet5 starts+22
Detroit Street Circuit4 starts+12
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari6 starts+7
Struggles
Circuito de Jerez4 starts-34
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza4 starts-19
Silverstone4 starts-15
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps4 starts-14
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1989▸Formula 1Tyrrell1500602P15+896,056
1988▸Formula 1Tyrrell1400705P11−4245,967
1987▸Formula 1Tyrrell1600307P11+6246,390
1986▸Formula 1Zakspeed1600800P14+4955,767
1985▸Formula 1Zakspeed800700P15−5045,271
1984▸Formula 1RAM1400800P17−1435,775
1983▸Formula 1Williams100000P17+4,5685,918
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Palmer finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇫🇷 Alain Prost6,80284137115%
🇮🇹 Riccardo PatreseFIA Bronze6,41784434151%
🇩🇪 Thierry Boutsen6,04984246029%
🇧🇷 Nelson PiquetFIA Platinum6,71183226127%
🇮🇹 Andrea de Cesaris5,52482483459%
🇬🇧 Nigel Mansell6,38981265532%
🇧🇷 Ayrton Senna6,33281225927%
🇮🇹 Michele Alboreto5,93879344543%
🇬🇧 Derek Warwick6,03378324641%
🇦🇹 Gerhard Berger6,49172294340%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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232🇺🇸 Jimmy BryanFormula 15,987
233🇲🇽 Ricardo RodríguezFormula 15,986
234🇫🇷 Jean-Christophe BoullionWEC5,985
235🇻🇪 Pastor MaldonadoWEC5,985
236🇫🇷 Pierre-Henri RaphanelFIA GT Championship5,983
237🇩🇪 Christian VietorisNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie5,981
238🇯🇵 Katsumasa ChiyoSuper GT5,981
239🇩🇪 Sam BirdFormula E5,981
240🇧🇪 Olivier GendebienFormula 15,979
241🇬🇧 Jonathan PalmerFormula 15,978
242🇩🇪 Alexander WurzWEC5,977
243🇧🇷 Chico SerraStock Car Pro Series5,975
244🇫🇷 Kevin EstreIMSA WeatherTech5,975
245🇧🇪 Patrick NèveFormula 15,974
246🇧🇪 Paul FrèreFormula 15,974
247🇬🇧 Bob AndersonFormula 15,971
248🇬🇧 Mike ParkesFormula 15,971
249🇫🇷 Guy LigierFormula 15,970
250🇫🇷 Jean BehraFormula 15,968
251🇮🇹 Teo FabiFormula 15,968
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Jonathan Palmer is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Tyrrell. Palmer has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 84 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,978 ranks Palmer 241th of 40,105 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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