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🇮🇪 Derek Daly

Racing driver from Ireland. Formula 1, Williams.
Driver facts
Full name
Derek Daly
Born
11 March 1953(b. 1953)
Nationality
Ireland
Current team
Williams
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
49
Career DNFs
23
Racer Rating
4,961
Driver photo · 3:4
Racer Rating
4,961
RANK 345 / 15,348 INDEXED · -161 SEASON
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
FIA CATEGORISATION NOT YET INDEXED
SOURCE · FIA.COM
SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Derek Daly is a racing driver from Ireland who last raced in Formula 1 for Williams. Daly has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 49 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,961 ranks Daly 345th 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.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS
1982 form
LAST 20 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER
P1P5P10P20DNFGERAUTNEDITACANSOUBRAUSABELMONUSACANNEDGBRFRAGERAUTFRAITAUSA
Recent results
TAP A ROW FOR THE FULL RACE
1982-09-25Las Vegas Street CircuitFormula 1P6+92
1982-09-12Autodromo Nazionale di MonzaFormula 1DNF−131
1982-08-29Dijon-PrenoisFormula 1P9+49
1982-08-15Red Bull RingFormula 1DNF−135
1982-08-08HockenheimringFormula 1DNF−15
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1982▸Formula 1Williams1500608P13+3115,122
1981▸Formula 1March800400P22−384,811
1980▸Formula 1Tyrrell1400706P10−2384,849
1979▸Formula 1Tyrrell600300P22+1795,087
1978▸Formula 1Ensign600301P19+1094,909
Recent coverage
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Head-to-head
MOST-RACED RIVALS · TIMES DALY FINISHED AHEAD VS BEHIND
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 John Watson5,3671841422%
🇫🇷 Didier Pironi5,2701741324%
🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann5,765141137%
🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite5,1861441029%
🇮🇹 Elio de Angelis5,2821321115%
🇦🇺 Alan Jones4,9431321115%
🇫🇷 René Arnoux4,563135838%
🇮🇹 Riccardo Patrese5,627123925%
🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet5,153121118%
🇮🇹 Bruno Giacomelli4,574127558%
WHEEL-TO-WHEEL ONLY · SAME CLASS, DIFFERENT CAR · TEAM-MATES EXCLUDED
RACERDB · REFERENCE FOR EVERY RACING SERIESAGGREGATED FROM 1 SOURCES · SYNCED 21H AGO
SERIES AND TEAM NAMES ARE TRADEMARKS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERSPRIVACY
SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 0H AGO

Derek Daly, an Irish driver, competed in Formula 1 from 1978 to 1982 across 49 starts, exclusively for Williams. He did not score a podium finish in the series. His average finishing position of eighth demonstrates he operated at the periphery of competitive Grand Prix racing, a field where the grid regularly contained multiple world champions and drivers rated substantially above him. He finished behind established front-runners consistently; in head-to-head records against his most frequent rivals, he won individual races only occasionally. Against John Watson he finished ahead in 4 of 18 races; against Didier Pironi, 4 of 17; against Jacques Laffite, 4 of 14. Drivers of championship pedigree such as Carlos Reutemann, Elio de Angelis and Alan Jones beat him decisively across multiple encounters. Despite this, he managed isolated victories over some of the era's strongest competitors; he finished ahead of five-time champion Alain Prost in five separate races and former world champion Jody Scheckter in four.[1]

Daly's Williams tenure, which accounted for most of his Grand Prix starts, placed him in a team that won races regularly but gave him no share of that success. His final season in 1982 saw him finish thirteenth in the standings across 15 rounds, marking the effective end of his Formula 1 career. In terms of competitive standing, his Racer Rating of 4,961 placed him in the upper tier of a professional single-seater field, but well below the champions and front-running drivers who populated Grand Prix grids during his era.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia
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