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🇬🇧 David Hobbs

Racing driver from United Kingdom. Formula 1, McLaren.
Driver facts
Full name
David Hobbs
Born
9 June 1939(b. 1939)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
McLaren
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
7
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
6,070
David Hobbs
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
6,070
Rank 174 of 40,105 indexed, -169 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

David Hobbs is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for McLaren. Hobbs has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 7 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,070 ranks Hobbs 174th of 40,105 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1974 form
Last 7 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFGBRGERCANITAUSAAUTITA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1974-09-08Autodromo Nazionale di MonzaFormula 1P9+48
1974-08-18Red Bull RingFormula 1P7+80
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+80Red Bull Ring 1974Formula 1P7
+70Silverstone 1967Formula 1P8
+57Watkins Glen International 1971Formula 1P10
+49Nürburgring 1967Formula 1P10
+48Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1974Formula 1P9
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1974▸Formula 1McLaren200000P17+1286,239
1971▸Formula 1McLaren100000P14+576,112
1968▸Formula 1Honda100100P17+216,054
1967▸Formula 1BRM300000P13+4,6846,034
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Hobbs finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇳🇿 Denny Hulme6,31871614%
🇬🇧 Graham Hill6,13074357%
🇬🇧 Jackie Stewart6,66953260%
🇧🇪 Jacky Ickx5,93154180%
🇳🇿 Chris Amon5,76852340%
🇸🇪 Jo Bonnier5,61452340%
🇦🇹 Jochen Rindt6,167440100%
🇦🇺 Jack Brabham6,1634040%
🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren6,14343175%
🇨🇭 Jo Siffert6,13642250%
🇦🇷 Carlos ReutemannHigher-rated6,55221150%
🇬🇧 Jim ClarkHigher-rated, 2× champion6,51832167%
🇿🇦 Jody ScheckterHigher-rated, 1× champion6,39121150%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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169🇧🇷 Bruno SennaWEC6,075
170🇩🇪 Karl KlingFormula 16,075
171🇮🇹 Alex CaffiFIA GT Championship6,074
172🇳🇿 Mike ThackwellInternational Formula 30006,073
173🇮🇹 Alessandro NanniniFIA GT Championship6,072
174🇬🇧 David HobbsFormula 16,070
175🇺🇸 Tony BettenhausenFormula 16,070
176🇬🇧 Mike HailwoodFormula 16,069
177🇬🇧 Taylor BarnardFormula E6,068
178🇳🇱 Carel Godin de BeaufortFormula 16,067
179🇪🇸 Marc GeneWEC6,067
180🇺🇸 Paul RussoFormula 16,067
181🇮🇪 Derek DalyFormula 16,063
182🇫🇷 Jean AlesiIndyCar6,063
183🇦🇷 Roberto MieresFormula 16,059
184🇮🇹 Cesare PerdisaFormula 16,056
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David Hobbs was a British racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1967 and 1974, starting seven times for McLaren. He was graded as one of the world's best drivers by the FIA in 1969, placing him among a select group of 27 professionals at that level. His racing career ran across four seasons, ending with a 17th-place finish in the 1974 championship standings.[1]

Hobbs raced regularly against Formula 1's established professionals. He was closely matched with Graham Hill, a three-time world champion, and finished behind Denny Hulme, the 1967 Formula 1 champion, in their head-to-head meetings. He secured victories over Pedro Rodríguez and Tom Pryce, both established professionals with substantial Formula 1 experience. His seven starts put him in a field that ranged from semi-professionals to graded drivers, competing at McLaren, one of the sport's strongest teams. After retiring from driving in 1974, Hobbs became a television commentator, working for CBS, Speed, and NBC over a broadcasting career spanning four decades.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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