Carlos Reutemann is a racing driver from Argentina who last raced in Formula 1 for Williams. Reutemann has recorded 12 wins and 45 podiums from 146 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,765 ranks Reutemann 126th 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.
| 1982-03-21 | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | DNF | −129 |
| 1982-01-23 | Kyalami | P2 | +78 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | P15 | −52 | 6,730 |
| 1981 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 15 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 49 | P2 | +223 | 6,782 |
| 1980 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 14 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 49 | P3 | +652 | 6,560 |
| 1979 | ▸Formula 1 | Team Lotus | 15 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 25 | P6 | −367 | 5,907 |
| 1978 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 48 | P3 | +418 | 6,275 |
| 1977 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 17 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 42 | P4 | +827 | 5,857 |
| 1976 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | P16 | −977 | 5,030 |
| 1975 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham | 14 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 37 | P3 | +431 | 6,006 |
| 1974 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham | 15 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 32 | P6 | +333 | 5,576 |
| 1973 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham | 15 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 16 | P7 | +626 | 5,243 |
| 1972 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | P16 | −182 | 4,618 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi | 3,999 | 54 | 34 | 20 | 63% |
| 🇿🇦 Jody Scheckter | 5,599 | 49 | 23 | 26 | 47% |
| 🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite | 5,186 | 46 | 27 | 19 | 59% |
| 🇨🇭 Clay Regazzoni | 5,253 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 56% |
| 🇬🇧 John Watson | 5,367 | 44 | 27 | 17 | 61% |
| 🇦🇹 Niki Lauda | 5,364 | 44 | 14 | 30 | 32% |
| 🇦🇺 Alan Jones | 4,943 | 39 | 24 | 15 | 62% |
| 🇩🇪 Jochen Mass | 5,075 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 74% |
| 🇺🇸 Mario Andretti | 4,978 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 58% |
| 🇸🇪 Ronnie Peterson | 5,168 | 37 | 15 | 22 | 41% |
Carlos Reutemann was an Argentine Formula 1 driver who competed at the sport's highest level for 11 seasons between 1972 and 1982, amassing 146 starts, 12 race wins, and 45 podium finishes; all of his career activity was with Williams. His Racer Rating of 5,765 places him among professional drivers of the front-running order, and his average finish of P5.2 across classified results reflects consistent performance at that level. Reutemann's career coincided with a golden age of competitive Formula 1, and he repeatedly raced against and typically outpaced drivers of world championship calibre, including three-time champion Niki Lauda, whom he finished ahead of in 30 of 44 shared races. He also finished ahead of five-time champion Alain Prost on six occasions and topped three-time champion Jackie Stewart in direct competition, though these came as isolated results rather than sustained head-to-head patterns.[1]
Reutemann's most significant achievement came in the 1981 season, when he finished as runner-up in the Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship while driving for Williams; his 45 career podiums represented the all-time record at the point of his retirement. His most frequent rivals across his career were two-time champion Emerson Fittipaldi and one-time champion Jody Scheckter, against both of whom Reutemann held a winning head-to-head record. Over his 11 seasons, he demonstrated the capacity to race wheel-to-wheel with the strongest drivers of his era and to prevail more often than not, establishing himself as a front-ranking professional driver of the period. Reutemann retired from Formula 1 at the end of 1982 and later pursued a career in Argentine politics, serving as Governor of Santa Fe and subsequently as a National Senator.[2]