Franco Rol is a racing driver from Italy who last raced in Formula 1 for Maserati. Rol has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 5 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,600 ranks Rol 641th 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.
| 1952-09-07 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | DNF | −87 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −87 | 4,600 |
| 1951 | ▸Formula 1 | OSCA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +39 | 4,687 |
| 1950 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −152 | 4,648 |
Franco Rol was an Italian racing driver who competed in Formula 1 during the early years of the World Championship. Between 1950 and 1952, he started five Grands Prix, all but one for Maserati, though he did not score points or finish on a podium in any of them. His average finishing position across classified results was ninth place, indicating that when he completed races he typically ran in the mid-field of modest grids. His single entry in 1952 ended with a twenty-third place finish.[1]
Rol's career coincided with the inaugural seasons of the Formula 1 World Championship, when grids were smaller and entry varied widely in machinery and preparation. He competed during an era when most drivers started in national or regional racing and appeared in only a handful of championship races before moving on or being supplanted by drivers with stronger backing. Maserati, his primary ride, was fielding customer cars to a broad roster of drivers; the team's strongest drivers, such as Juan Fangio, were considerably ahead of Rol's level. His participation in the early championship rounds represented an attempt to establish himself at the highest level, but without points-scoring results or progression to further opportunities, his involvement remained brief and peripheral to the championship narrative of those years.[2]