Eddie Russo is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Kurtis Kraft. Russo has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 4 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,982 ranks Russo 1190th 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.
| 1960-05-30 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | P26 | −66 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −67 | 4,982 |
| 1957 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −134 | 5,035 |
| 1956 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −53 | 5,142 |
| 1955 | ▸Formula 1 | Pawl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P15 | +3,835 | 5,185 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Jim Rathmann | 6,175 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Tony Bettenhausen | 6,070 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Jimmy Bryan | 5,987 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Johnny Thomson | 5,951 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Don Freeland | 5,941 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Johnny Boyd | 5,918 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Rodger Ward | 5,914 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Al Herman | 5,755 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Eddie Johnson | 4,959 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Sam Hanks | 6,121 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Paul RussoHigher-rated | 6,067 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Jack McGrathHigher-rated | 6,046 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Bill VukovichHigher-rated | 5,959 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,180 | 🇵🇹 Pedro Chaves | FIA GT Championship | 4,989 |
| 1,181 | 🇯🇵 Sakon Yamamoto | Formula 1 | 4,988 |
| 1,182 | 🇧🇷 Andre Negrao | WEC | 4,987 |
| 1,183 | 🇳🇱 Mike Hezemans | FIA GT Championship | 4,987 |
| 1,184 | 🇦🇺 James Moffat | Supercars Championship | 4,986 |
| 1,185 | 🇲🇾 Nabil Jeffri | WEC | 4,986 |
| 1,186 | 🇬🇧 Andrew Gilbert-Scott | FIA GT Championship | 4,984 |
| 1,187 | 🇦🇷 Facu Regalia | GP2 Series | 4,983 |
| 1,188 | 🇲🇽 Luis Diaz | WEC | 4,983 |
| 1,189 | 🇫🇷 Tristan Gommendy | European Le Mans Series | 4,983 |
| 1,190 | 🇺🇸 Eddie Russo | Formula 1 | 4,982 |
| 1,191 | 🇲🇽 Salvador Durán | Formula E | 4,982 |
| 1,193 | 🇫🇷 Sébastien Ogier | WEC | 4,982 |
| 1,192 | 🇩🇪 Stefan Mücke | WEC | 4,982 |
| 1,194 | 🇬🇧 Ben Barnicoat | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,981 |
| 1,195 | 🇦🇴 Pedro Couceiro | International Formula 3000 | 4,981 |
| 1,196 | 🇧🇷 César Ramos | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,979 |
| 1,197 | 🇯🇵 Toshihiro Kaneishi | Super GT | 4,979 |
| 1,198 | 🇦🇹 Christopher Haase | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,978 |
| 1,199 | 🇬🇧 Dino Zamparelli | British GT Championship | 4,978 |
| 1,200 | 🇺🇸 Scott Pruett | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,978 |
Eddie Russo was an American driver who raced in Formula 1 between 1955 and 1960. He competed as a solo driver in single-seater machinery, making four starts across the championship for Kurtis Kraft, an established team that fielded 87 drivers during its history and won five races in the indexed record.[1]
Russo's Formula 1 career consisted of four starts spread across six seasons. His best result was a fourteenth-place finish in the 1960 championship standings, his only season where he accumulated points. He finished ahead of established professionals Johnny Boyd and Al Herman once each, though he regularly lined up against and trailed the more experienced Jim Rathmann and Tony Bettenhausen, both of whom had substantially more Formula 1 starts to their names.[2]
Russo competed in a field that mixed semi-professional and amateur entrants with established graded professionals, finishing consistently toward the back of the grid against drivers substantially more accomplished than himself.