Howden Ganley is a racing driver from New Zealand who last raced in Formula 1 for March. Ganley has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 36 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,943 ranks Ganley 354th 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.
| 1974-01-27 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | DNF | −128 |
| 1974-01-13 | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | P8 | +62 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | ▸Formula 1 | March | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −66 | 5,085 |
| 1973 | ▸Formula 1 | Iso Marlboro | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | P19 | +138 | 5,151 |
| 1972 | ▸Formula 1 | BRM | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | P12 | +158 | 5,013 |
| 1971 | ▸Formula 1 | BRM | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | P14 | +55 | 4,855 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Jackie Stewart | 5,923 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 31% |
| 🇸🇪 Ronnie Peterson | 5,168 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 31% |
| 🇳🇿 Denny Hulme | 5,522 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 13% |
| 🇫🇷 François Cevert | 5,337 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 31% |
| 🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Beltoise | 4,768 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 31% |
| 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi | 3,999 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 31% |
| 🇨🇭 Clay Regazzoni | 5,253 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% |
| 🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann | 5,765 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% |
| 🇺🇸 Peter Revson | 5,214 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% |
| 🇧🇪 Jacky Ickx | 4,915 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% |
Howden Ganley was a New Zealand driver who competed in Formula 1 from 1971 to 1974, accumulating 36 championship starts for March without recording a win or podium finish. He raced during an era of strong competition that included three-time champion Jackie Stewart, 1972 champion Emerson Fittipaldi, and 1968 champion Denny Hulme. Ganley's average finishing position of 8.5 places him as a mid-field competitor. Though he regularly shared grids with front-running professionals considerably above his own standing, he managed to finish ahead of Stewart five times across their 16 shared races, and occasionally beat other established drivers such as Carlos Reutemann, Denny Hulme, and John Watson on single occasions. Against the very top tier of his era, however, the head-to-head records tell the fuller story: he finished behind Stewart eleven times, behind Peterson eleven times, and behind Hulme thirteen times across their respective shared races.[1]
The bulk of his career came with BRM, which fielded him in twenty starts. BRM during that period was a front-line team with seventeen race wins in its record, though Ganley's tenure did not yield victories despite the team's competitive standing. His drive to compete at the highest level represents a semi-professional career of the kind typical for Formula 1 competitors of his generation, though his results positioned him toward the lower half of a championship field rather than as a consistent contender for points or positions.[2]