Wolfgang Seidel is a racing driver from Germany who last raced in Formula 1 for Lotus-BRM. Seidel has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 12 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,247 ranks Seidel 897th of 15,348 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.
| 1962-07-21 | Aintree | DNF | −60 |
| 1962-05-20 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | DNF | −7 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-BRM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −67 | 4,247 |
| 1961 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Climax | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −282 | 4,314 |
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | +8 | 4,596 |
| 1958 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −226 | 4,588 |
| 1953 | ▸Formula 1 | Veritas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +13 | 4,813 |
Wolfgang Seidel was a German racing driver who competed in Formula 1 during the 1950s and early 1960s. Between 1953 and 1962 he started twelve World Championship races for Lotus-BRM, debuting on 2 August 1953. He did not score championship points in any of those starts, and his average finishing position across classified results was fourteenth. His most recent racing activity came in 1962, when he started two rounds and finished twentieth in his final appearance.[1]
Seidel raced during an era when entry into Formula 1 was significantly less restricted than later decades, and his record reflects the competitive depth of even peripheral Grand Prix grids of that period. His strongest single-seater results came against drivers of national professional standing; he finished ahead of Fred Gamble, a competitor of moderate strength, once during his career. Most of Seidel's starts came with Lotus-Climax, a team that produced multiple championship winners and fielded significantly stronger drivers than him, most notably Jim Clark.[2]