Skip to content

Menu
GER

Drivers/Germany

Wolfgang Seidel

  • 1953–1962
  • SEI
  • Born 4 July 1926 in Dresden
  • Died 1 March 1987

Compare with another driverSeason by season in the Explorer

Career numbers

  • Avg grid position21
  • Avg finish14
  • Retirement rate70%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+22
  • Points scored0
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak–
  • Longest points-scoring streak–
  • TeamsVeritas (1953) · Maserati (1958) · Cooper (1958, 1960) · Lotus (1961–1962) · Emeryson (1962)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

The career at a glance

3 1953: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1958: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1960: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1961: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1962: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953196119623 1953: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1958: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1960: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1961: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1962: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 19531962
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1953Veritas10–
1958Maserati, Cooper30–
1960Cooper10–
1961Lotus30–
1962Emeryson, Lotus20–

Every race

13 entries, 10 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 13 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1953German Grand PrixVeritas29P16
1958Belgian Grand PrixMaserati17DNF
German Grand PrixCooper17DNF
Moroccan Grand PrixMaserati20DNF
1960Italian Grand PrixCooper13P9
1961Belgian Grand PrixLotus–DNS
French Grand PrixLotus–DNS
British Grand PrixLotus22P17
German Grand PrixLotus23DNF
Italian Grand PrixLotus28DNF
1962Dutch Grand PrixEmeryson20NC
British Grand PrixLotus21DNF
German Grand PrixLotus–DNQ

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Innes Ireland1961–19620:10:4+6.57%0 : 0Compare
Masten Gregory1958–19620:00:4+6.95%0 : 0Compare
Jim Clark1961–19620:00:4+9.69%0 : 12Compare
Hans Herrmann1953–19580:10:2–0 : 0Compare
Ian Burgess1958–19610:11:1−1.90%0 : 0Compare
Tony Marsh1958–19610:01:2+2.72%0 : 0Compare
Stirling Moss19610:00:3+8.00%0 : 9Compare
Tony Maggs19610:11:1–0 : 0Compare
Gerry Ashmore19610:02:1−1.01%0 : 0Compare
Maurice Trintignant19580:00:2+7.64%0 : 4Compare
Theo Helfrich19530:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Jack Brabham1958–19620:00:2–0 : 2Compare
Tim Parnell19610:01:1–0 : 0Compare
Henry Taylor19610:00:2–0 : 0Compare
Giulio Cabianca19600:10:1–0 : 3Compare
Piero Drogo19600:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Paco Godia19580:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Jo Bonnier19580:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Maria Teresa de Filippis19580:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Oswald Karch19530:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Willi Heeks19530:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Erwin Bauer19530:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Ernst Loof19530:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Christian Goethals19580:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Dick Gibson19580:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Brian Naylor19580:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Roy Salvadori19580:00:1–0 : 6Compare
Bruce McLaren19580:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Lucien Bianchi19610:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Tony Shelly19620:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Trevor Taylor19620:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Jay Chamberlain19620:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Alfonso Thiele19600:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Gino Munaron19600:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Giorgio Scarlatti19600:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Vic Wilson19600:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Arthur Owen19600:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Gaetano Starrabba19610:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Gerino Gerini19580:00:1–0 : 0Compare

Green: Wolfgang Seidel came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.

Strongest circuits

Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.

CircuitStartsWinsPodiumsAvg finish
Nürburgring316
Monza29
Aintree217