Ivor Bueb is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Cooper-Borgward. Bueb has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 5 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,700 ranks Bueb 575th 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.
| 1959-07-18 | Aintree | P13 | −1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Borgward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −1 | 4,700 |
| 1958 | ▸Formula 1 | Team Lotus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −56 | 4,701 |
| 1957 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −43 | 4,757 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 Maurice Trintignant | 4,839 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Roy Salvadori | 4,461 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
Ivor Bueb was a British professional racing driver whose career on the single-seater stage was brief. Between 1957 and 1959, he made five Formula 1 starts for Cooper-Borgward, a modest team outfit that produced no race wins during his tenure. His grid exposure was limited; his single recorded round in the 1959 season ended in a twentieth-place finish. Across his recorded starts, he averaged a finishing position of tenth, suggesting occasional classification but no competitive traction in the fields he faced.[1]
The drivers Bueb shared grids with in Formula 1 were considerably stronger competitors. Maurice Trintignant, a front-running professional racer, finished ahead of him in all three races they contested together. Roy Salvadori, another established driver of the era, did likewise in their three mutual races. These head-to-head records reflect Bueb's position as an occasional participant rather than a contender in a highly competitive series. His broader career, principally in sports car and endurance racing, placed him within professional motorsport circles, but his single-seater appearances suggest he was not among the circuit's leading lights. The Racer Rating of 4,700 situates him in a professional field, but toward its lower reaches; he ranked 575th among the active drivers in the database.[2]