Dave Charlton is a racing driver from South Africa who last raced in Formula 1 for McLaren. Charlton has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 11 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,389 ranks Charlton 705th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1975-03-01 | Kyalami | P14 | +44 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +72 | Kyalami 1967 | Formula 1 | DNF |
| +44 | Kyalami 1975 | Formula 1 | P14 |
| +23 | Kyalami 1970 | Formula 1 | P12 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | +44 | 5,389 |
| 1974 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −9 | 5,345 |
| 1973 | ▸Formula 1 | Team Lotus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −68 | 5,354 |
| 1972 | ▸Formula 1 | Team Lotus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −293 | 5,422 |
| 1971 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Ford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −161 | 5,716 |
| 1970 | ▸Formula 1 | Team Lotus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +23 | 5,877 |
| 1968 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham-Repco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −118 | 5,853 |
| 1967 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +4,622 | 5,972 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇳🇿 Denny Hulme | 6,318 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% |
| 🇧🇪 Jacky Ickx | 5,931 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% |
| 🇬🇧 Jackie Stewart | 6,669 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 6,130 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% |
| 🇸🇪 Ronnie Peterson | 6,242 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi | 5,823 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Beltoise | 5,764 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% |
| 🇨🇭 Clay Regazzoni | 6,212 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% |
| 🇩🇪 Rolf Stommelen | 5,955 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🇳🇿 Chris Amon | 5,768 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🇬🇧 Jim ClarkHigher-rated, 2× champion | 6,518 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇬🇧 John WatsonHigher-rated | 6,238 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 695 | 🇫🇷 Alexandre Negrão | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,403 |
| 696 | 🇬🇧 Nick Tandy | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,400 |
| 697 | 🇧🇷 Pedro Piquet | Formula 2 | 5,400 |
| 698 | 🇧🇷 Gaetano Di Mauro | Stock Car Pro Series | 5,399 |
| 699 | 🇬🇧 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | GP2 Series | 5,397 |
| 700 | 🇺🇸 Patrick Long | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,395 |
| 701 | 🇺🇸 Conor Daly | NASCAR Truck | 5,394 |
| 702 | 🇺🇸 Mauro Baldi | FIA GT Championship | 5,394 |
| 703 | 🇬🇧 Peter Gethin | Formula 1 | 5,394 |
| 704 | 🇵🇹 Filipe Albuquerque | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,390 |
| 705 | 🇿🇦 Dave Charlton | Formula 1 | 5,389 |
| 706 | 🇧🇪 Kurt Mollekens | FIA GT Championship | 5,387 |
| 707 | 🇧🇷 Affonso Giaffone | IndyCar | 5,386 |
| 708 | 🇺🇸 Daniel Harper | WEC | 5,386 |
| 709 | 🇮🇹 Valentino Rossi | GT World Challenge Europe | 5,381 |
| 710 | 🇫🇷 Stéphane Grégoire | IndyCar | 5,380 |
| 711 | 🇮🇹 Alessandro Pier Guidi | WEC | 5,379 |
| 712 | 🇩🇰 Kristian Kolby | International Formula 3000 | 5,379 |
| 713 | 🇧🇷 Mario Moraes | IndyCar | 5,379 |
| 714 | 🇧🇪 Stoffel Vandoorne | WEC | 5,379 |
| 715 | 🇪🇸 Alex Soler-Roig | Formula 1 | 5,378 |
Dave Charlton was an established professional racing driver from South Africa who competed in Formula 1 between 1967 and 1975. He made 11 starts across an eight-season period, driving primarily for Team Lotus, one of the sport's most prominent operations at the time. The Lotus squad counted 45 race wins across the index period and fielded drivers ranging from developing amateurs to elite professionals such as Nelson Piquet.[1]
Charlton's Formula 1 career placed him among the grid's full-time entrants and occasional visitors. He raced against established professionals including two-time World Champion Denny Hulme and Jacky Ickx, both with over a hundred Formula 1 starts apiece; he typically finished behind both. Against the strongest drivers in the field, Charlton secured a finish ahead of the 1970 World Champion Jochen Rindt on one occasion and outran Clay Regazzoni once as well. His best championship standing came in 1975, when he finished 19th in the drivers' standings after a single race entry that season. The competitive context of his era placed him as a regular grid presence in a championship that mixed amateurs and semi-professionals with graded professionals in the same races.[2]