Albert Scherrer is a racing driver from Switzerland who last raced in Formula 1 for HWM. Scherrer has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,183 ranks Scherrer 7350th of 40,700 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.
| 1953-08-23 | Circuit Bremgarten | P9 | +31 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +31 | Circuit Bremgarten 1953 | Formula 1 | P9 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | ▸Formula 1 | HWM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +1,836 | 3,186 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇭 Toulo de GraffenriedHigher-rated | 6,019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇧🇪 Paul FrèreHigher-rated | 5,974 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇫🇷 Jean BehraHigher-rated | 5,968 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,340 | 🇦🇷 Alberto Rodriguez Larreta | Formula 1 | 3,184 |
| 7,341 | 🇲🇽 Franco Zanella | TCR World Tour | 3,184 |
| 7,342 | 🇿🇦 Guy Tunmer | Formula 1 | 3,184 |
| 7,343 | 🇬🇧 Jamie Winslow | 24H Series | 3,184 |
| 7,344 | 🇨🇭 Jean-Luc D'Auria | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,184 |
| 7,345 | 🇬🇧 Jimmy Stewart | Formula 1 | 3,184 |
| 7,346 | 🇯🇵 Masahiro Hasemi | Formula 1 | 3,184 |
| 7,347 | 🇺🇸 Raymond Terczak Jr. | NASCAR Truck | 3,184 |
| 7,348 | 🇺🇸 Rob Ecklin | Zenith Racing Series | 3,184 |
| 7,349 | 🇲🇽 Santos Zanella | TCR World Tour | 3,184 |
| 7,350 | 🇨🇭 Albert Scherrer | Formula 1 | 3,183 |
| 7,351 | 🏳️ Barry Boes | Trans-Am TA2 | 3,183 |
| 7,352 | 🇺🇸 Chuck Hiers | ARCA Menards Series | 3,183 |
| 7,353 | 🇺🇸 Howard Blank | WEC | 3,183 |
| 7,354 | 🏳️ Jean-Marc Bachelier | WEC | 3,183 |
| 7,355 | 🇬🇧 John Barber | Formula 1 | 3,183 |
| 7,356 | 🇬🇧 Leslie Thorne | Formula 1 | 3,183 |
| 7,357 | 🇫🇷 Lionel Amrouche | 24H Series | 3,183 |
| 7,358 | 🇬🇧 Mike MacDowel | Formula 1 | 3,183 |
| 7,359 | 🇪🇸 Nerea Martí | F1 Academy | 3,183 |
| 7,365 | 🇺🇾 Óscar González | Formula 1 | 3,183 |
Albert Scherrer was a Swiss racing driver whose career on record consists of a single Formula 1 entry. He started the 1953 Swiss Grand Prix for HWM but failed to finish in the points, crossing the line 16 laps adrift of the winner. His Racer Rating of 3,413 places him in the semi-professional band; this level describes drivers who compete in pro-am and specialist classes, winning occasionally but sitting mid-pack among full-time professionals. On evidence of one race against a championship-level field, Scherrer belongs to this tier, a driver who could secure a place in a Grand Prix field but lacked the pace to contend.[1]
HWM, the team that fielded Scherrer that day, was not a front-running outfit; the strongest driver the marque put in a car across its whole history was Stirling Moss, an elite professional. Scherrer's entry into Formula 1 was therefore likely arranged through connections or patronage rather than earned through dominance of lower categories. The record shows no other races under his name across any series, meaning his single Grand Prix start marked the entirety of his documented racing career.[2]