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🇬🇧 Jonathan Williams

Racing driver from United Kingdom. Formula 1, Ferrari.
Driver facts
Full name
Jonathan Williams
Born
26 October 1942(b. 1942)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Ferrari
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
1
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
3,186
Jonathan Williams
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,186
Rank 7265 of 40,105 indexed, -29 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Jonathan Williams is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Ferrari. Williams has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,186 ranks Williams 7265th 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
1967 form
Last 1 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFMEX
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1967-10-22Autódromo Hermanos RodríguezFormula 1P8+60
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+59Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1967Formula 1P8
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1967▸Formula 1Ferrari100000P13+1,8423,192
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Williams finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 Jackie StewartHigher-rated, 3× champion6,669110100%
🇳🇿 Bruce McLarenHigher-rated6,143110100%
🇨🇭 Jo SiffertHigher-rated6,136110100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
7,255🇲🇽 Pablo CervantesTCR World Tour3,187
7,256🇫🇷 Paul AlbertoFrench F43,187
7,257🇧🇪 André MilhouxFormula 13,186
7,258🇫🇷 Charles PozziFormula 13,186
7,259🇧🇷 Chris NelsonStar Mazda Championship3,186
7,260🇺🇸 Chuck HiersARCA Menards Series3,186
7,261🇬🇧 Don BeaumanFormula 13,186
7,262🇬🇧 Ewan THOMASLe Mans Cup3,186
7,263🇺🇸 Harry BlanchardFormula 13,186
7,264🇺🇸 Jon BrownsonPrototype Winter Series3,186
7,265🇬🇧 Jonathan WilliamsFormula 13,186
7,266🇺🇸 Larry CrockettFormula 13,186
7,267🇸🇪 Torsten PalmFormula 13,186
7,268🇺🇸 Al CarterGT4 America3,185
7,269🇿🇦 Bruce JohnstoneFormula 13,185
7,270🇲🇽 Franco ZanellaTCR World Tour3,185
7,271🇬🇧 Graham WhiteheadFormula 13,185
7,272🇩🇪 Hans KlenkFormula 13,185
7,273🏳️ Jared SalinskyIMSA Pilot Challenge3,185
7,274🇺🇸 Jim RigsbyFormula 13,185
7,275🇿🇦 Luki BothaFormula 13,185
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Jonathan Williams was a British racing driver who competed at the semi-professional level, with a Racer Rating of 3,416. This places him among competitive amateurs and semi-professionals; drivers at this level win in pro-am and one-make classes and typically run mid-pack among full professionals. Williams' career on record consists of a single Formula 1 start in 1967, driving for Ferrari. He finished 22nd in that race and never scored a championship point.[1]

In that lone grand prix appearance, Williams finished ahead of several established drivers, including Jo Siffert (7,286), Guy Ligier (7,120), Chris Amon (6,918), and Jo Bonnier (6,764); all were capable professionals, though this represents individual results from a single race rather than a pattern of head-to-head competition. Ferrari, the team he drove for, was one of the sport's leading constructors with 251 race wins across its history and had fielded 98 drivers by the time of this database's compilation.[2]

Williams retired from racing after his brief Formula 1 campaign. The biographical record indicates he had a longer career in sportscar racing, notably competing in Can-Am, though those results fall outside the scope of his recorded single-seater record.

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