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🇿🇦 Basil van Rooyen
Racing driver from South Africa. Formula 1, McLaren-Ford.
Driver facts
Full name
Basil van Rooyen
Born
19 April 1939(b. 1939)
Nationality
South Africa
Current team
McLaren-Ford
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
2
Career DNFs
2
Racer Rating
3,798
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,798Rank 4512 of 40,700 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Basil van Rooyen is a racing driver from South Africa who last raced in Formula 1 for McLaren-Ford. van Rooyen has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,798 ranks van Rooyen 4512th 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.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1969 form
Last 2 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 1969-03-01 | Kyalami | DNF | −124 |
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren-Ford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −124 | 3,798 |
| 1968 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +2,497 | 3,847 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times van Rooyen finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇽 Pedro RodríguezHigher-rated | 6,222 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇦🇺 Jack BrabhamHigher-rated, 3× champion | 6,163 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇬🇧 Mike SpenceHigher-rated | 6,047 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,502 | 🇺🇸 Tom Harrington | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,802 |
| 4,503 | 🇺🇸 Tony Davis | GT America | 3,802 |
| 4,504 | 🇺🇸 Billy Parker | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,801 |
| 4,505 | 🇩🇰 Gustav Birch | European Le Mans Series | 3,800 |
| 4,506 | 🇮🇪 James Roe | Indy NXT | 3,800 |
| 4,507 | 🇧🇷 Matheus Ferreira | Italian F4 | 3,800 |
| 4,508 | 🇺🇸 Rick Crawford | NASCAR Truck | 3,800 |
| 4,509 | 🇬🇧 Thomas Bearman | British F4 | 3,800 |
| 4,510 | 🇧🇪 Arthur Legat | Formula 1 | 3,799 |
| 4,511 | 🇩🇪 Torsten Kratz | 24H Series | 3,799 |
| 4,512 | 🇿🇦 Basil van Rooyen | Formula 1 | 3,798 |
| 4,513 | 🇺🇸 Dave Marcis | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,798 |
| 4,514 | 🇮🇹 Diego Di Fabio | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 3,798 |
| 4,515 | 🇺🇸 Ernie Francis Jr | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,798 |
| 4,516 | 🇺🇸 Kyle Bonsignore | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | 3,798 |
| 4,517 | 🇺🇸 Lawrence Degeorge | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,798 |
| 4,518 | 🇺🇸 Milo Valverde | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,798 |
| 4,519 | 🇺🇸 Mitchell Clark | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,798 |
| 4,520 | 🇩🇪 Oliver Kainz | 24H Series | 3,798 |
| 4,521 | 🇲🇽 Pablo Sanchez | SKUSA SuperNationals | 3,798 |
| 4,522 | 🇲🇽 Patricio Gonzalez | GB3 | 3,798 |
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