Bobby Rahal is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Wolf. Rahal has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,403 ranks Rahal 1934th 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.
| 1978-10-08 | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | DNF | −76 |
| 1978-10-01 | Watkins Glen | P12 | +32 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | ▸Formula 1 | Wolf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −43 | 3,403 |
Bobby Rahal made two Formula 1 starts in 1978 for Wolf, finishing classified in neither race and placing 22nd overall in the championship. His recorded single-seater career was brief; across his two rounds he achieved an average finishing position of 12th and managed to out-qualify or out-race several stronger drivers on occasion, including Jean-Pierre Jarier, Clay Regazzoni, and Rolf Stommelen, though these were isolated results rather than patterns of consistent outperformance.[1]
Rahal's Formula 1 tenure proved to be a waypoint in a career that would achieve far greater prominence in American open-wheel racing. His main success came in CART, where he won three championships and 24 races, together with the 1986 Indianapolis 500. Beyond his own driving accomplishments, he became a significant motorsports executive as co-owner of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, which won the Indianapolis 500 in 2004 and 2020 with Buddy Rice and Takuma Sato respectively.[2]