Bernard Collomb is a racing driver from France who last raced in Formula 1 for Lotus-Climax. Collomb has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 4 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,235 ranks Collomb 905th 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.
| 1963-08-04 | Nürburgring | P10 | +58 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +58 | 4,235 |
| 1962 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −115 | 4,189 |
| 1961 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −74 | 4,281 |
Bernard Collomb was a French Formula 1 driver who competed sporadically between 1961 and 1963, entering four World Championship Grands Prix for Lotus-Climax without recording a points finish. His racing career was conducted largely outside the factory team structure; he typically prepared his own machinery, beginning with Cooper-Climax before switching to Lotus equipment in his final season. He finished on average in tenth position across his classified starts.[1]
Collomb's brief exposure to Formula 1 placed him in fields dominated by substantially stronger drivers. The Cooper-Climax team he occasionally represented had fielded Stirling Moss, a driver of championship calibre, and though Collomb competed against the same machinery and grids, he did not establish himself as a regular or competitive presence. His single season of record with Lotus yielded a finishing position of eighteenth, indicating the scale of the gap between occasional Grand Prix visitors and drivers capable of sustained competition. His career remained at the margins of international single-seater racing.[2]