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🇬🇧 John Barber

Racing driver from United Kingdom. Formula 1, Cooper.
Driver facts
Full name
John Barber
Born
22 July 1929(b. 1929)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Cooper
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
1
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
3,183
Driver photo 3:4
Racer Rating
3,183
Rank 7291 of 40,105 indexed, -15 this season
FIA Categorisation
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Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
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John Barber is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Cooper. Barber has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,183 ranks Barber 7291th 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
1953 form
Last 1 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFARG
Recent results
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1953-01-18Autódromo Juan y Oscar GálvezFormula 1P8+29
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+29Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1953Formula 1P8
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1953▸Formula 1Cooper100000P14+1,8363,186
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Barber finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇦🇷 Juan FangioHigher-rated, 5× champion6,889110100%
🇮🇹 Nino FarinaHigher-rated, 1× champion6,495110100%
🇮🇹 Felice BonettoHigher-rated6,117110100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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7,282🇿🇦 Guy TunmerFormula 13,184
7,283🇬🇧 Jamie Winslow24H Series3,184
7,284🇬🇧 Jimmy StewartFormula 13,184
7,285🇺🇸 Luke PowersFormula Regional Americas3,184
7,286🇯🇵 Masahiro HasemiFormula 13,184
7,287🇺🇸 Raymond Terczak Jr.NASCAR Truck3,184
7,288🇨🇭 Albert ScherrerFormula 13,183
7,289🇺🇸 Howard BlankWEC3,183
7,290🏳️ Jean-Marc BachelierWEC3,183
7,291🇬🇧 John BarberFormula 13,183
7,292🇬🇧 Leslie ThorneFormula 13,183
7,293🏳️ Matt KimballNASCAR Whelen Modified Tour3,183
7,294🇬🇧 Mike MacDowelFormula 13,183
7,300🇺🇾 Óscar GonzálezFormula 13,183
7,295🇨🇦 Peter RyanFormula 13,183
7,296🇬🇧 Rob SchroederFormula 13,183
7,297🇯🇵 Takashi Hata24H Series3,183
7,298🇿🇦 Trevor BlokdykFormula 13,183
7,299🏳️ Yannick MallegolWEC3,183
7,301🇳🇱 Benjamin Van Den BergLamborghini Super Trofeo Europe3,182
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John Barber is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Cooper. Barber has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,183 ranks Barber 7291th 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
See photos from the final Barber Beast on the Bay endurance race at Presque Isle in Erie[1]
Erie Times-News
7 Sep 2025
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The Passion, and Sometimes Profit, of Vintage Racing (Published 2018)[2]
nytimes.com
23 Aug 2018
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A report on the British International Championship Club race from Perpignan on 31st July 2015, in conjunction with the international[3]
PIPA | Racing pigeons
10 Aug 2015
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