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🇺🇸 Jacques Swaters

Racing driver from United States. Formula 1, Ferrari.
Driver facts
Full name
Jacques Swaters
Born
30 October 1926(b. 1926)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Ferrari
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
7
Career DNFs
4
Racer Rating
5,711
Jacques Swaters
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,711
Rank 439 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

Jacques Swaters is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Ferrari. Swaters has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 7 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,711 ranks Swaters 439th 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
1954 form
Last 7 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFGERITAGERSWIBELSWIESP
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1954-10-24Circuit de PedralbesFormula 1DNF−72
1954-08-22Circuit BremgartenFormula 1P8+44
1954-06-20Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsFormula 1DNF−107
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+101Nürburgring 1953Formula 1P7
+44Circuit Bremgarten 1954Formula 1P8
+25Nürburgring 1951Formula 1P10
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1954▸Formula 1Ferrari300200P16−1355,711
1953▸Formula 1Ferrari200100P14−225,846
1951▸Formula 1Talbot-Lago200100P14+4,5195,869
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Swaters finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇦🇷 Juan Fangio6,8897070%
🇫🇷 Maurice Trintignant5,96173443%
🇬🇧 Mike Hawthorn6,50451420%
🇮🇹 Nino Farina6,49551420%
🇮🇹 Alberto Ascari6,25252340%
🇨🇭 Toulo de Graffenried6,01952340%
🇮🇹 Luigi Villoresi6,01952340%
🇫🇷 Jean Behra5,96852340%
🇫🇷 Louis Rosier5,96052340%
🇬🇧 Stirling Moss6,33041325%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
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438🇯🇵 Benoît TréluyerDTM5,712
439🇺🇸 Jacques SwatersFormula 15,711
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Jacques Swaters is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Ferrari. Swaters has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 7 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,711 ranks Swaters 439th 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
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