Eddie Sachs is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Ewing. Sachs has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 4 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,125 ranks Sachs 1004th of 39,300 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 | P21 | −29 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +8 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1959 | Formula 1 | DNF |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Ewing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P14 | −29 | 5,125 |
| 1959 | ▸Formula 1 | Kuzma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +8 | 5,148 |
| 1958 | ▸Formula 1 | Kuzma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −42 | 5,141 |
| 1957 | ▸Formula 1 | Kuzma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P15 | +3,825 | 5,175 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Jim Rathmann | 6,175 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Tony Bettenhausen | 6,070 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Bob Veith | 5,996 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Jimmy Bryan | 5,987 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Johnny Thomson | 5,951 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Bob Christie | 5,942 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Don Freeland | 5,941 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Johnny Boyd | 5,918 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Rodger Ward | 5,914 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Eddie Johnson | 4,959 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 994 | 🇬🇧 Kevin McGarrity | International Formula 3000 | 5,136 |
| 995 | 🇧🇷 Roberto Streit | FIA GT Championship | 5,136 |
| 996 | 🇬🇷 Cem Bölükbasi | Asian Le Mans Series | 5,133 |
| 997 | 🇩🇰 Christian Bakkerud | GP2 Series | 5,132 |
| 998 | 🇨🇴 Sebastian Montoya | Formula 2 | 5,132 |
| 999 | 🇨🇭 Gabriele Varano | International Formula 3000 | 5,131 |
| 1,000 | 🇮🇹 Giovanni Venturini | GT World Challenge Europe | 5,130 |
| 1,001 | 🇬🇧 Dean Stoneman | GT World Challenge Europe | 5,128 |
| 1,002 | 🇫🇷 Frédéric Gosparini | International Formula 3000 | 5,127 |
| 1,003 | 🇮🇹 Mattia Drudi | WEC | 5,127 |
| 1,004 | 🇺🇸 Eddie Sachs | Formula 1 | 5,125 |
| 1,005 | 🇦🇹 Lorenzo Fluxá | Asian Le Mans Series | 5,125 |
| 1,006 | 🇫🇷 Valentin Hasse Clot | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,124 |
| 1,007 | 🇮🇹 Alessandro Zanardi | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,123 |
| 1,008 | 🇮🇹 Fabrizio Barbazza | Formula 1 | 5,123 |
| 1,009 | 🇩🇪 Bernd Schneider | 24H Series | 5,122 |
| 1,010 | 🇩🇪 Jan Seyffarth | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 5,122 |
| 1,011 | 🇺🇸 Roger Yasukawa | IndyCar | 5,122 |
| 1,012 | 🇺🇸 Madison Snow | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,121 |
| 1,013 | 🇧🇷 Enrique Bernoldi | Stock Car Pro Series | 5,118 |
| 1,014 | 🇺🇸 Matt McMurry | Radical Cup NA | 5,118 |
Eddie Sachs was an American single-seater racing driver whose Formula 1 career was brief and unfruitful. He made four starts in the sport between 1957 and 1960, all for the Ewing team, without recording a podium finish. His average finishing position across those starts was 21st. On the single occasion he was classified, at the 1960 Formula 1 season finale, he finished 28th. Despite competing against established professionals of the era, including drivers rated as strong as Tony Bettenhausen, Johnny Boyd, and Don Freeland, Sachs finished ahead of such rivals only in isolated instances and never secured a result of substance in the championship.[1]
Sachs's rating of 6,045 places him in the established professional band; drivers at this level hold full-time seats in top championships or comparable fields and win races in strong competition. However, his Formula 1 record offers little support for that characterisation. His career was conducted primarily in the United States Auto Club rather than in sustained European single-seater racing. The four starts represent a peripheral rather than integrated presence in Formula 1, and without wins, podiums, or consistent classification, they do not demonstrate the standard of driving the rating might suggest.[2]