Carlos Menditeguy is a racing driver from Argentina who last raced in Formula 1 for Cooper-Maserati. Menditeguy has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 11 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,679 ranks Menditeguy 586th 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.
| 1960-02-07 | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | P4 | +119 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Maserati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | P19 | +119 | 4,679 |
| 1958 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −23 | 4,560 |
| 1957 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | P14 | −24 | 4,583 |
| 1956 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −78 | 4,606 |
| 1955 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | P17 | +121 | 4,684 |
| 1954 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −138 | 4,563 |
| 1953 | ▸Formula 1 | Gordini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −98 | 4,702 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇷 Juan Fangio | 6,092 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Stirling Moss | 5,388 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇫🇷 Jean Behra | 4,855 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
Carlos Menditeguy was an Argentine racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1953 and 1960, accumulating eleven starts across seven seasons without recording a victory. His single podium finish places him among the smaller ranks of drivers who scored points in that era. Racing primarily for Maserati, which fielded him in nine of his eleven appearances, Menditeguy operated in fields that included some of the sport's strongest competitors of the time; he shared races with five-time world champion Juan Fangio and multiple-time front-runners including Stirling Moss and Jean Behra, though he typically finished behind them.[1]
Menditeguy's record against contemporary rivals shows the competitive challenge he faced. In head-to-head racing with Fangio across three shared races, he finished behind the champion each time. Against Moss, a driver of comparable stature in the professional field, Menditeguy managed one finish ahead but found himself behind on two other occasions. He did achieve isolated victories over established competitors: he outfinished 1958 world champion Mike Hawthorn once, bettered Wolfgang von Trips on two occasions, and finished ahead of José Froilán González twice. These results, however, represent occasional peaks rather than consistent patterns of outperformance.
With an average finishing position of 4.8 across his classified starts, Menditeguy remained a solid mid-field professional in a Formula 1 grid that demanded precision and resources. His career, spanning seven racing seasons with limited opportunities and outputs typical of the period's smaller-budget competitors, marked him as an amateur-to-semi-professional driver operating within one of motorsport's highest categories. He has been recognised retrospectively as part of Argentina's broader contribution to early Formula 1 history.