Carlos Pace is a racing driver from Brazil who last raced in Formula 1 for Brabham. Pace has recorded 1 win and 6 podiums from 72 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,065 ranks Pace 304th 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.
| 1977-03-05 | Kyalami | P13 | −18 |
| 1977-01-23 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | DNF | +49 |
| 1977-01-09 | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | P2 | +141 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | P15 | +171 | 5,331 |
| 1976 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | P14 | +62 | 5,160 |
| 1975 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham | 14 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 24 | P6 | +131 | 5,098 |
| 1974 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | P12 | +308 | 4,967 |
| 1973 | ▸Formula 1 | Surtees | 15 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | P11 | −21 | 4,659 |
| 1972 | ▸Formula 1 | March | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | P16 | −120 | 4,680 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇭 Clay Regazzoni | 5,253 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 39% |
| 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi | 3,999 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 30% |
| 🇦🇹 Niki Lauda | 5,364 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 30% |
| 🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann | 5,765 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 41% |
| 🇿🇦 Jody Scheckter | 5,599 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 25% |
| 🇸🇪 Ronnie Peterson | 5,168 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 55% |
| 🇫🇷 Patrick Depailler | 5,068 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 33% |
| 🇧🇪 Jacky Ickx | 4,915 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 44% |
| 🇩🇪 Jochen Mass | 5,075 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 65% |
| 🇳🇿 Denny Hulme | 5,522 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 25% |
Carlos Pace was a Brazilian Formula 1 driver who competed in the sport from 1972 to 1977, accumulating 72 starts across six seasons with Brabham. He secured a single victory; the 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix. He recorded six podium finishes across his career and averaged a seventh-place finish in classified races, indicating consistent mid-grid competence rather than front-running pace. His rating of 5,065 places him among the upper tier of professional drivers, comparable to capable single-seater racers of the era who mixed occasional strong results with more frequent mid-field performances.[1]
Pace's head-to-head record against his contemporaries reveals the pattern of his standing. Against higher-rated drivers such as Carlos Reutemann (5,765) and Jody Scheckter (5,599, a world champion), Pace finished ahead in a minority of their shared races; 9 wins from 22 starts against Reutemann and 5 from 20 against Scheckter. He had similar difficulty against Niki Lauda (5,364, a three-time champion) and Emerson Fittipaldi (3,999, a two-time champion), finishing behind them substantially more often than ahead. Against Ronnie Peterson (5,168), however, Pace held a slight advantage with 11 finishes ahead to 9 behind across 20 races, one of few among his regular rivals where he claimed the upper hand.[2]
Pace's career ended in 1977 when he competed in only three rounds, finishing fifteenth overall in what proved his final season. His single grand prix victory and his ability to occasionally outpace world champions in individual races mark him as a professional driver of genuine capability, though one whose inconsistency and lack of sustained competitiveness at the front limited him to a single lasting achievement in a competitive field.