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🇫🇷 Jo Schlesser

Racing driver from France. Formula 1, Honda.
Driver facts
Full name
Jo Schlesser
Born
18 May 1928(b. 1928)
Nationality
France
Current team
Honda
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
2
Career DNFs
2
Racer Rating
3,761
Jo Schlesser
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,761
Rank 4695 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

Jo Schlesser is a racing driver from France who last raced in Formula 1 for Honda. Schlesser has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,761 ranks Schlesser 4695th 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
1968 form
Last 2 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFGERFRA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1968-07-07Rouen-Les-EssartsFormula 1DNF−118
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1968▸Formula 1Honda100100P17−1183,761
1967▸Formula 1Matra100100P13+2,4583,808
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Jo Schlesser was a French Formula 1 driver whose career spanned 1967 and 1968 with a total of two championship starts, both piloting a Honda. He did not score points or finish on a podium in either appearance. His rating of 4,221 places him in the professional band, though his Formula 1 record itself was too brief to establish a sustained competitive position at that level. He raced alongside Richie Ginther at Honda, a driver of elite professional standing who achieved seven wins in the top category; the scale of the gap between them illustrates the disparity between occasional Grand Prix starters and drivers capable of winning races week to week in the world championship.[1]

Schlesser's time in the sport was curtailed by his death in 1968, which brought his racing to an end at age 28. His legacy includes his relation to Jean-Louis Schlesser, who later pursued a Formula 1 career of his own in the 1980s. For a driver with such limited championship data, the rating reflects the competitive level he was operating at relative to the fields he faced, rather than a full picture of his abilities or potential.[2]

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