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🇿🇦 Jackie Pretorius

Racing driver from South Africa. Formula 1, Iso Marlboro.
Driver facts
Full name
Jackie Pretorius
Born
22 November 1934(b. 1934)
Nationality
South Africa
Current team
Iso Marlboro
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
3
Career DNFs
3
Racer Rating
4,482
Driver photo 3:4
Racer Rating
4,482
Rank 2001 of 40,105 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Jackie Pretorius is a racing driver from South Africa who last raced in Formula 1 for Iso Marlboro. Pretorius has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,482 ranks Pretorius 2001th of 40,105 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1973 form
Last 3 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFSOUSOUSOU
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1973-03-03KyalamiFormula 1DNF−45
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+50Kyalami 1968Formula 1DNF
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1973▸Formula 1Iso Marlboro100100P18−454,482
1971▸Formula 1Brabham100100P14−1014,510
1968▸Formula 1Brabham-Climax100100P17+3,2204,570
Recent coverage
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Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Pretorius finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 Jackie Stewart6,66931233%
🇳🇿 Denny Hulme6,3183030%
🇧🇪 Jacky Ickx5,93132167%
🇮🇹 Andrea de Adamich5,63731233%
🇿🇦 Dave Charlton5,38932167%
🇦🇹 Niki LaudaHigher-rated, 3× champion6,274110100%
🇲🇽 Pedro RodríguezHigher-rated6,22221150%
🇨🇭 Clay RegazzoniHigher-rated6,21221150%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
1,991🇨🇦 Chris GreenIMSA Pilot Challenge4,489
1,992🇺🇸 Trent HindmanIMSA WeatherTech4,489
1,993🏳️ G. TonicNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,488
1,994🇫🇷 Maceo CapiettoEuropean Le Mans Series4,488
1,995🇩🇪 Marc GassnerNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,488
1,996🇩🇪 Andreas GüldenNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,487
1,997🇯🇵 Daisuke NakajimaSuper GT4,487
1,998🇫🇷 Florian LatorreWEC4,487
1,999🇩🇪 Pascal KochemFormula Renault Eurocup4,485
2,000🇨🇭 Gary HirschWEC4,483
2,001🇿🇦 Jackie PretoriusFormula 14,482
2,002🇮🇹 Lorenzo CaséWEC4,482
2,003🇯🇵 Kazuki OkiSuper GT4,481
2,004🇺🇸 Kyle PettyNASCAR Xfinity4,480
2,005🏳️ Petru UmbrärescuWEC4,480
2,006🇳🇿 Chris van der DriftLamborghini Super Trofeo Asia4,479
2,007🇵🇹 João BarbosaIMSA WeatherTech4,479
2,008🇺🇸 Michael CooperGT4 America4,479
2,009🇮🇹 Patrik FraboniLamborghini Super Trofeo Europe4,478
2,010🇺🇸 Scott Huffaker IiEuropean Le Mans Series4,478
2,011🇮🇹 Stefano ProettoFormula 3 Euro Series4,478
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Jackie Pretorius was a South African racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1968 and 1973. His Racer Rating of 5,172 places him in the established professional band; he raced in the sport's premier single-seater championship, the level that defines a full-time professional career. However, his record shows limited opportunity and no scoring results from his three championship starts, all of which came in the final season of his recorded activity in 1973 driving for Iso Marlboro.[1]

Pretorius's three Formula 1 entries yielded no wins, podiums, or championship points. His most recent recorded finish was a 22nd-place result in 1973. The teams he drove for were modest by the standards of the championship; Iso Marlboro was a competitive outfit, but the grid in that era included several championship-winning teams and drivers of far greater standing. His limited sample of starts and complete absence of scoreable results suggest that his Formula 1 campaign was a brief exposure rather than an established presence in the championship.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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