Emilio de Villota is a racing driver from Spain who last raced in Formula 1 for McLaren. de Villota has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,413 ranks de Villota 1905th 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.
| 1977-08-14 | Red Bull Ring | P17 | −30 |
| 1977-05-08 | Jarama | P13 | +13 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −17 | 3,413 |
Emilio de Villota is a retired Spanish racing driver who competed in Formula 1 during 1977 for McLaren, accumulating two race starts without securing a podium finish. His rating of 3,413 places him in a competitive amateur-to-semi-professional range. His recorded activity spans only the 1977 season, across which he averaged a finishing position of 15th in classified races.[1]
De Villota's brief Formula 1 campaign saw him race against the strongest drivers in the sport of the period. He finished ahead of Emerson Fittipaldi, the two-time world champion, on one occasion; however, this represents a single result rather than a sustained competitive pattern against such elite opposition. The racing ladder available to him through McLaren, one of Formula 1's most successful teams, offered exposure to the highest professional level, though his limited number of starts prevented him from establishing himself in that environment.[2]
Little further racing activity appears in the available record after his 1977 season. De Villota remained associated with motorsport through family connections; his daughter María de Villota went on to work as a Formula 1 test driver before her death in 2013.