François Cevert is a racing driver from France who last raced in Formula 1 for Tyrrell. Cevert has recorded 1 win and 13 podiums from 47 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,337 ranks Cevert 214th 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.
| 1973-10-07 | Watkins Glen | DNF | −184 |
| 1973-09-23 | Mosport International Raceway | DNF | −155 |
| 1973-09-09 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | P5 | +63 |
| 1973-08-19 | Red Bull Ring | DNF | −151 |
| 1973-08-05 | Nürburgring | P2 | +97 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | ▸Formula 1 | Tyrrell | 15 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 47 | P4 | +447 | 5,874 |
| 1972 | ▸Formula 1 | Tyrrell | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 15 | P6 | +87 | 5,427 |
| 1971 | ▸Formula 1 | Tyrrell | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 26 | P3 | +543 | 5,340 |
| 1970 | ▸Formula 1 | March | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | P22 | −3 | 4,797 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Jackie Stewart | 5,923 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 27% |
| 🇳🇿 Denny Hulme | 5,522 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 48% |
| 🇸🇪 Ronnie Peterson | 5,168 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 44% |
| 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi | 3,999 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 39% |
| 🇨🇭 Clay Regazzoni | 5,253 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 69% |
| 🇧🇪 Jacky Ickx | 4,915 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 63% |
| 🇳🇿 Chris Amon | 4,788 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 63% |
| 🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Beltoise | 4,768 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 57% |
| 🇳🇿 Howden Ganley | 4,943 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 69% |
| 🇺🇸 Peter Revson | 5,214 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 67% |
François Cevert competed in Formula 1 for four seasons between 1970 and 1973, accumulating 47 starts for Tyrrell. He scored a single win at the 1971 United States Grand Prix and finished among the points on thirteen occasions, averaging a fifth-place finish across classified races. His career spanned the era when Jackie Stewart dominated at Tyrrell; Cevert finished ahead of the three-time champion on six occasions but trailed him in sixteen shared races. Against other front-running professionals of his era, Cevert held a competitive record; he beat Denny Hulme and Carlos Reutemann repeatedly and finished ahead of the 1971 champion Jody Scheckter in their sole encounter. He also outfinished Clay Regazzoni and Jacky Ickx more often than not, demonstrating consistent pace against established drivers of the professional grid.[1]
Cevert's racing fell into the band of a strong professional driver operating at the highest single-seater level, with a Racer Rating of 5,337. His head-to-head records reveal a driver solidly placed in the upper-middle tier of the grid rather than at its peak; against Ronnie Peterson and Emerson Fittipaldi, both accomplished racers, he showed roughly equal pace in their shared races, finishing ahead and behind each in comparable numbers. His record against Stewart, while modest, was respectable given Stewart's dominance and the gap between the two men in overall career accomplishment.[2]
Cevert's F1 career ended in 1973 after fifteen rounds, when he finished fourth in the championship. He remains a figure of historical note in the sport, recognized as a talented prospect who had begun to establish himself as a race winner before his career concluded.