Jim Hall is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Lotus-BRM. Hall has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 12 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,997 ranks Hall 324th 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.
| 1963-10-27 | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | P8 | +65 |
| 1963-10-06 | Watkins Glen | P10 | +37 |
| 1963-09-08 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | P8 | +71 |
| 1963-08-04 | Nürburgring | P5 | +109 |
| 1963-07-20 | Silverstone Circuit | P6 | +102 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-BRM | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | P12 | +502 | 5,194 |
| 1962 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −139 | 4,692 |
| 1961 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −44 | 4,832 |
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Team Lotus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | +75 | 4,875 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Jim Clark | 5,692 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🇺🇸 Richie Ginther | 5,503 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham | 5,211 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇸🇪 Jo Bonnier | 4,402 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 5,097 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren | 5,136 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇨🇭 Jo Siffert | 5,058 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇳🇱 Carel Godin de Beaufort | 4,952 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan Gurney | 4,902 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇬🇧 John Surtees | 4,899 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
Jim Hall competed in Formula 1 for four seasons between 1960 and 1963, starting twelve times for the Lotus-BRM team without scoring a podium finish. His average finishing position of seventh across classified results places him squarely in the middle of his field. He raced regularly against some of the era's strongest drivers: the two-time champion Jim Clark, three-time champions Jack Brabham and Graham Hill, Richie Ginther, and Bruce McLaren. In these head-to-head matchups Hall consistently finished behind them, with the exception of isolated victories such as beating Clark and Brabham once each and McLaren twice. His strongest performances came in shared races with Jo Bonnier, a professional-level driver, where he finished ahead twice.[1]
Hall's single-seater career was brief and unproductive, but it represents only a portion of his racing output. His broader legacy rests on his success in sports car racing and, most significantly, on his achievements as a race car constructor. His design innovations, particularly the Chaparral line of sports racing cars, proved transformative; those cars won across multiple series at the highest levels of international competition.[2]