Wurz hits out at Liberty's calendar plans
Nov.5 - Alex Wurz has hit out at Formula 1's plans to schedule longer and longer annual calendars by potentially shortening the race weekend format to just two days. After the..
Name | Alexander Wurz |
Country | ![]() |
Place of Birth | Waidhofen an der Thaya |
Date of Birth | Feb 15th 1974 - 46 years old |
Season Entries | 6 |
First Race | 1997 Canadian Grand Prix |
Last Race | 2007 Chinese Grand Prix |
Best Qualifying | 5th - (4 times) |
Best Result | 3th - (3 times) |
First Podium | 1997 British Grand Prix |
Last Podium | 2007 Canadian Grand Prix |
Alexander Wurz F1 Stats |
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Race Starts | 69 |
Race Wins | 0 |
Pole Positions | 0 |
Fastest Laps | 1 (1,4%) |
Podiums | 3 (4,3%) |
Points Finishes | 14 (20,3%) |
Retirements | 23 (33,3%) |
Total Points | 45 |
Total Laps | 3.471 |
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2005 | 2007 |
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14th | 7th | 14th | 15th | 17th | 11th |
Year | Team | Engine | GP | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pod | Pole | Laps | FL | Avg Pts | Points |
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2007 |
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Toyota | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 854 | 0 | 0.81 | 13 |
2005 |
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Mercedes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 6.00 | 6 |
2000 |
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Playlife | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 868 | 0 | 0.12 | 2 |
1999 |
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Playlife | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 685 | 0 | 0.19 | 3 |
1998 |
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Playlife | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 848 | 1 | 1.06 | 17 |
1997 |
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Renault | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 0 | 1.33 | 4 |
3th | 3 Times |
4th | 6 Times |
5th | 3 Times |
6th | 1 Time |
7th | 8 Times |
8th | 1 Time |
9th | 6 Times |
10th | 7 Times |
11th | 4 Times |
12th | 2 Times |
13th | 3 Times |
14th | 3 Times |
DNF | 22 Times |
Year | Race | No | Team | Engine | Grid | Pos | Retired | Pts | |
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3 | 2007 | 2007 Canadian Grand Prix | 17 | Williams | Toyota | 19 | 3 | 6 | |
2 | 2005 | 2005 San Marino Grand Prix | 10 | McLaren | Mercedes | 7 | 3 | 6 | |
1 | 1997 | 1997 British Grand Prix | 8 | Benetton | Renault | 8 | 3 | 4 |
Season | Team | Team Mate | Best Pos | Points | Wins | Poles | Position | Qualifying | ||||||
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1997 | Benetton | Jean Alesi | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
1998 | Benetton | Giancarlo Fisichella | 4 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
1999 | Benetton | Giancarlo Fisichella | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
2000 | Benetton | Giancarlo Fisichella | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
2005 | McLaren | Kimi Räikkönen | 3 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2007 | Williams | Nico Rosberg | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
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