🇬🇧 David Hobbs

David Hobbs was a British racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1967 and 1974, primarily for McLaren. He held an established professional rating of 6,070, placing him among the stronger competitors of his era at the formula's highest level.[1]

His Formula 1 career spanned seven starts across four seasons. In 1974, his final year of indexed racing, Hobbs took part in two rounds and finished 17th in the championship standings. His results came against established professionals including multiple Formula 1 champions; he finished ahead of Pedro Rodríguez and Tom Pryce on single occasions, and ran closely with Graham Hill, a two-time world champion, though he typically finished behind Denny Hulme, the 1967 champion. The FIA recognized him among its graded drivers in 1969, a designation given to only 27 drivers deemed the world's best at that time.[2]

After his retirement from competitive racing in 1974, Hobbs built a lengthy career as a motorsport commentator, working for CBS, Speed, and NBC across decades; he was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2009.