Eliseo Salazar is a racing driver from Chile who last raced in Formula 1 for RAM. Salazar has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 24 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,325 ranks Salazar 834th 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.
| 1983-03-27 | Long Beach | DNF | −101 |
| 1983-03-13 | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | P13 | +30 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | ▸Formula 1 | RAM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −70 | 4,325 |
| 1982 | ▸Formula 1 | ATS | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | P22 | −213 | 4,395 |
| 1981 | ▸Formula 1 | Ensign | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | P18 | −192 | 4,608 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Michele Alboreto | 4,733 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇬🇧 John Watson | 5,367 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇫🇮 Keke Rosberg | 5,217 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇫🇷 René Arnoux | 4,563 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇫🇷 Alain Prost | 6,204 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Nigel Mansell | 5,716 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇦🇹 Niki Lauda | 5,364 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇮🇹 Elio de Angelis | 5,282 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇫🇷 Didier Pironi | 5,270 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet | 5,153 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
Eliseo Salazar is a retired Chilean racing driver and the only driver from Chile to start a Formula 1 race. He competed in the sport between 1981 and 1983, accumulating 24 starts across three seasons, all with the RAM and ATS teams. He never scored a podium finish and recorded an average classification of tenth place. His career in the sport's premier category did not yield the breakthrough required to establish a lasting presence.[1]
Throughout his time in Formula 1, Salazar raced against a field that included multiple world champions and front-running professionals of the era. He finished behind five-time champion Alain Prost in all four of their shared races, behind one-time champion Keke Rosberg in all five encounters, and behind another former champion in Nigel Mansell across four meetings. Against Didier Pironi and Marc Surer, both accomplished drivers of the period, Salazar managed two finishes ahead of each. He beat FIA Bronze-graded Riccardo Patrese once. These head-to-head records illustrate a driver operating well below the performance level of the grid's leading figures and struggling to find consistent competitiveness even against the professional midfield.[2]
Salazar's rating of 4,325 reflects his standing as a driver in a top-flight championship without the consistency or results to distinguish himself within it. Beyond his Formula 1 stint, the record shows he participated in other racing series across the following decades, though detailed results from those categories are not supplied here. His sole podium-level achievement of note appears to be a drive in the winning Jaguar at Le Mans in 1990, an endurance racing milestone distinct from his single-seater career.