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🇫🇮 Keke Rosberg

Racing driver from Finland. Formula 1, McLaren. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Keke Rosberg
Born
6 December 1948(b. 1948)
Nationality
Finland
Current team
McLaren
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Championships
11982
Career wins
5
Career podiums
17
Career starts
114
Career DNFs
55
Racer Rating
6,156
Keke Rosberg
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
6,156
Rank 139 of 39,300 indexed, -255 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Keke Rosberg is a racing driver from Finland who last raced in Formula 1 for McLaren. Rosberg is a one-time champion (1982), with 5 wins and 17 podiums from 114 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,156 ranks Rosberg 139th of 39,300 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
1986 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFBELGBRSOUAUSBRAESPITAMONBELCANUSAFRAGBRGERHUNAUTITAPORMEXAUS
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1986-10-26Adelaide Street CircuitFormula 1DNF−27
1986-10-12Autódromo Hermanos RodríguezFormula 1DNF−114
1986-09-21Autódromo do EstorilFormula 1DNF−92
1986-09-07Autodromo Nazionale di MonzaFormula 1P4+87
1986-08-17Red Bull RingFormula 1P9+27
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+157Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1980Formula 1P3
+149Detroit Street Circuit 1985Formula 1P1
+146Long Beach 1982Formula 1P2
+135Zolder 1982Formula 1P2
+133Adelaide Street Circuit 1985Formula 1P1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Circuit de Monaco5 starts+31
Zolder4 starts+20
Detroit Street Circuit5 starts+19
Paul Ricard6 starts+18
Struggles
Brands Hatch6 starts-31
Red Bull Ring8 starts-21
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet6 starts-16
Silverstone4 starts-14
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1986▸Formula 1McLaren16018122P6−2206,411
1985â–¸Formula 1Williams16257240P3+4636,632
1984▸Formula 1Williams161210021P8−7146,168
1983▸Formula 1Williams15124127P5−396,883
1982â–¸Formula 1Williams15164144P1+1,0446,921
1981▸Formula 1Fittipaldi900600P17−2365,877
1980â–¸Formula 1Fittipaldi1101406P10+3416,113
1979▸Formula 1Wolf700600P16−365,772
1978â–¸Formula 1ATS900600P17+4,4585,808
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Rosberg finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇮🇹 Riccardo PatreseFIA Bronze6,417113674659%
🇧🇷 Nelson PiquetFIA Platinum6,711108495945%
🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite6,099104584656%
🇫🇷 Alain Prost6,80297405741%
🇫🇷 René Arnoux5,63794385640%
🇮🇹 Elio de Angelis6,20493524156%
🇫🇷 Patrick Tambay5,91092434947%
🇬🇧 Nigel Mansell6,38985404547%
🇮🇹 Michele Alboreto5,93883463755%
🇮🇹 Andrea de Cesaris5,52482503261%
🇦🇷 Carlos ReutemannHigher-rated6,55238112729%
🇦🇹 Gerhard BergerHigher-rated6,49136201656%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
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Keke Rosberg is a racing driver from Finland who last raced in Formula 1 for McLaren. Rosberg is a one-time champion (1982), with 5 wins and 17 podiums from 114 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,156 ranks Rosberg 139th of 39,300 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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