André Guelfi is a racing driver from France who last raced in Formula 1 for Cooper. Guelfi has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,956 ranks Guelfi 2926th 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.
| 1958-10-19 | Ain Diab | P15 | −21 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −21 | 2,956 |
André Guelfi was a French racing driver who made a single Formula 1 World Championship start in 1958, driving for Cooper at the French Grand Prix on 19 October 1958. He classified 22nd in that race, the only championship outing of his career on record, though he also participated in non-championship Formula 1 races during the same season. His Racer Rating of 2,956 places him among amateur-level competitors; the field he raced in was substantially stronger, populated by drivers who would go on to become multiple-time champions and front-runners of their era.[1]
In that single championship appearance, Guelfi finished ahead of Graham Hill, a three-time world champion and one of the strongest drivers of the 1950s, though this isolated result against a champion-calibre field does not establish a pattern of competitiveness at that level. Cooper, the team he drove for, was a competitive constructor that would claim multiple race wins and later become a dominant force in Formula 1, though the squad fielded a wide range of drivers with varying capabilities. Guelfi's career on the grand prix stage was brief, but he remained notable in later life as the oldest living Formula 1 driver following the death of Robert La Caze in 2015.[2]