Huub Rothengatter is a racing driver from Netherlands who last raced in Formula 1 for Zakspeed. Rothengatter has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 26 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,275 ranks Rothengatter 871th 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.
| 1986-10-26 | Adelaide Street Circuit | DNF | −75 |
| 1986-09-21 | Autódromo do Estoril | DNF | −103 |
| 1986-09-07 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | DNF | −118 |
| 1986-08-17 | Red Bull Ring | P8 | +89 |
| 1986-08-10 | Hungaroring | DNF | −120 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | ▸Formula 1 | Zakspeed | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −588 | 4,275 |
| 1985 | ▸Formula 1 | Osella | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +55 | 4,864 |
| 1984 | ▸Formula 1 | Spirit | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +8 | 4,808 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 Alain Prost | 6,204 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇸🇪 Stefan Johansson | 4,997 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇮🇹 Michele Alboreto | 4,733 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇦🇹 Gerhard Berger | 5,635 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇫🇮 Keke Rosberg | 5,217 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇫🇷 Patrick Tambay | 4,877 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇫🇷 René Arnoux | 4,563 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
Huub Rothengatter was a Dutch racing driver who competed in Formula 1 for three seasons between 1984 and 1986, accumulating 26 starts across that period. Racing primarily for Zakspeed, he never scored a championship point and finished his career without a win or podium finish. His average finishing position across classified races was 8.8, placing him in the lower half of grids that regularly featured some of the era's strongest drivers. In head-to-head competition against established frontrunners, Rothengatter was consistently outpaced; he never finished ahead of five-time champion Alain Prost in four shared races, and drew a similarly blank record against Michele Alboreto and Stefan Johansson.[1]
Against this backdrop, Rothengatter's occasional results against stronger competitors stand as isolated bright spots. He finished ahead of 1984 champion Keke Rosberg once across three shared races, and claimed single victories over Gold-graded professional Eddie Cheever, fellow competitor Patrick Tambay, and Thierry Boutsen. These instances were exceptions rather than indicators of a pattern; the weight of evidence from his broader competitive record shows a driver who struggled to match the pace of consistent front-runners and spent much of his brief career in the midfield and beyond. Zakspeed itself, the team that fielded him for most of his time in the sport, won no races across its entire history in the database and was among the weaker outfits in the grid during his tenure.[2]