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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
Basil van Rooyen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,798
Rank 4513 of 40,105 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
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 4513th of 40,105 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)
P1P5P10P20DNFSOUSOU
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1969-03-01KyalamiFormula 1DNF−124
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1969▸Formula 1McLaren-Ford100100P15−1243,798
1968▸Formula 1Cooper-Climax100100P17+2,4973,847
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times van Rooyen finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇲🇽 Pedro RodríguezHigher-rated6,22221150%
🇦🇺 Jack BrabhamHigher-rated, 3× champion6,16321150%
🇬🇧 Mike SpenceHigher-rated6,047110100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
4,503🇮🇹 Riccardo RomagnoliWorld Touring Car Championship3,802
4,504🇺🇸 Tom HarringtonNASCAR Xfinity3,802
4,505🇺🇸 Billy ParkerNASCAR Xfinity3,801
4,506🇩🇰 Gustav BirchEuropean Le Mans Series3,801
4,507🇬🇧 Thomas BearmanBritish F43,801
4,508🇧🇷 Matheus LeistGT4 America3,800
4,509🇺🇸 Rick CrawfordNASCAR Truck3,800
4,510🇧🇪 Arthur LegatFormula 13,799
4,511🇲🇽 Patricio GonzalezGB33,799
4,512🇺🇸 Allen PattenGT4 America3,798
4,513🇿🇦 Basil van RooyenFormula 13,798
4,514🇺🇸 Dave MarcisNASCAR Xfinity3,798
4,515🇮🇹 Diego Di FabioLamborghini Super Trofeo Europe3,798
4,516🏳️ Kyle BonsignoreNASCAR Whelen Modified Tour3,798
4,517🇺🇸 Lawrence DegeorgeIMSA WeatherTech3,798
4,518🇺🇸 Milo ValverdeIMSA Pilot Challenge3,798
4,519🇺🇸 Mitchell ClarkNASCAR Xfinity3,798
4,520🇲🇽 Pablo SanchezSKUSA SuperNationals3,798
4,521🇺🇸 Austin SelfNASCAR Truck3,797
4,522🇺🇸 Bruce BechtelNASCAR Xfinity3,797
4,523🇸🇬 Nikhil Kailash BohraFormula Regional European3,797
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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 4513th of 40,105 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
Basil van Rooyen[1]
Supercars.net
27 Jan 2025
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FIFTY YEARS LATER, THE LITTLE CHEV REIGNS AGAIN[2]
MOTORSPORT SOUTH AFRICA
17 Apr 2023
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Interview: Basil van Rooyen[3]
Sports Car Digest
5 Mar 2023
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