Ingo Hoffmann is a racing driver from Brazil who last raced in Formula 1 for Fittipaldi. Hoffmann has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,556 ranks Hoffmann 1832th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1977-01-23 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | P7 | +91 |
| 1977-01-09 | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | DNF | −66 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +91 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1977 | Formula 1 | P7 |
| +28 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1976 | Formula 1 | P11 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | ▸Formula 1 | Fittipaldi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +25 | 4,571 |
| 1976 | ▸Formula 1 | Fittipaldi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +3,207 | 4,557 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann | 6,552 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇿🇦 Jody Scheckter | 6,391 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇦🇹 Niki Lauda | 6,274 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇸🇪 Ronnie Peterson | 6,242 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇬🇧 John Watson | 6,238 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇨🇭 Clay Regazzoni | 6,212 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Tom Pryce | 6,159 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇧🇷 Carlos Pace | 6,120 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite | 6,099 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇩🇪 Jochen Mass | 6,098 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,822 | 🇨🇭 Ottorino Volonterio | Formula 1 | 4,561 |
| 1,823 | 🇨🇦 Parker Thompson | WEC | 4,561 |
| 1,824 | 🇯🇵 Takeshi Tsuchiya | Super GT | 4,560 |
| 1,826 | 🇺🇸 Sean Hingorani | ARCA Menards West | 4,559 |
| 1,825 | 🇰🇬 . "Selv" | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 4,559 |
| 1,827 | 🇦🇺 Nicholas McBride | FIA Formula 3 European | 4,558 |
| 1,828 | 🇫🇷 Pierre-Louis Chovet | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,558 |
| 1,829 | 🇦🇹 Simon Reicher | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,558 |
| 1,830 | 🇬🇧 Struan Moore | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,557 |
| 1,831 | 🇫🇷 Eugène Chaboud | Formula 1 | 4,556 |
| 1,832 | 🇧🇷 Ingo Hoffmann | Formula 1 | 4,556 |
| 1,833 | 🇺🇸 Seth Neiman | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,556 |
| 1,834 | 🇷🇺 Oleg Kvitka | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,555 |
| 1,835 | 🇺🇸 Cliff Griffith | Formula 1 | 4,554 |
| 1,836 | 🇿🇦 Eddie Keizan | Formula 1 | 4,554 |
| 1,837 | 🇵🇹 Jonas Ried | European Le Mans Series | 4,554 |
| 1,838 | 🇺🇸 Marshall Teague | Formula 1 | 4,554 |
| 1,839 | 🏳️ Marvin Kirchhfer | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,554 |
| 1,840 | 🇮🇹 Matteo Pellegrino | Formula V8 3.5 | 4,554 |
| 1,841 | 🇮🇪 Michael Avenatti | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,554 |
| 1,842 | 🇮🇹 Piergiuseppe Perazzini | Le Mans Cup | 4,554 |
Ingo Hoffmann was a professional single-seater racing driver from São Paulo who competed in Formula 1 for Fittipaldi during 1976 and 1977. He made three starts across two seasons in a field mixing amateurs, semi-professionals and graded professionals.[1]
Hoffmann scored no championship points during his indexed Formula 1 career. He finished 17th in the championship standings in 1977, his final season of top-level single-seater racing. In limited starts he occasionally finished ahead of elite professionals; he beat Carlos Reutemann once and scored a result over Emerson Fittipaldi, the two-time world champion who also drove for the Fittipaldi team.[2]
Against the regular frontrunners of the era, Hoffmann typically finished behind both Reutemann and 1979 champion Jody Scheckter, who were regular grid opponents. His three starts for an uncompetitive team, Fittipaldi fielded six drivers across the index with no wins, offered little platform for advancement in Formula 1, and his career at that level ended after 1977.