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🇬🇧 Ken Downing
Racing driver from United Kingdom. Formula 1, Connaught.
Driver facts
Full name
Ken Downing
Born
5 December 1917(b. 1917)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Connaught
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
2
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
3,860
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,860Rank 4217 of 40,700 indexed, -2 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Ken Downing is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Connaught. Downing has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,860 ranks Downing 4217th of 40,700 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
1952 form
Last 2 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 1952-08-17 | Zandvoort | DNF | −72 |
| 1952-07-19 | Silverstone | P9 | +75 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +75 | Silverstone 1952 | Formula 1 | P9 |
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | ▸Formula 1 | Connaught | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +2,511 | 3,861 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Downing finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Stirling MossHigher-rated | 6,330 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇬🇧 Peter CollinsHigher-rated | 6,124 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Harry SchellHigher-rated | 6,087 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,207 | 🇳🇱 Antoine Gosse | FIA GT Championship | 3,861 |
| 4,208 | 🇹🇼 Chung Ting Chou | European Le Mans Series | 3,861 |
| 4,209 | 🇺🇸 Mike Weeden | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,861 |
| 4,210 | 🇮🇹 Ron Zitza | SVRA | 3,861 |
| 4,211 | 🇩🇪 Sophia Flörsch | Formula 3 | 3,861 |
| 4,212 | 🇬🇧 Tim Parnell | Formula 1 | 3,861 |
| 4,213 | 🇸🇪 Andreas Bäckman | 24H Series | 3,860 |
| 4,214 | 🇮🇹 Giacomo Russo | Formula 1 | 3,860 |
| 4,215 | 🇩🇰 Jens Reno MOLLER | Le Mans Cup | 3,860 |
| 4,216 | 🇲🇴 Jerónimo Badaraco | World Touring Car Championship | 3,860 |
| 4,217 | 🇬🇧 Ken Downing | Formula 1 | 3,860 |
| 4,218 | 🇬🇧 Mark Sansom | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,860 |
| 4,219 | 🇺🇸 Brad Noffsinger | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,859 |
| 4,220 | 🇺🇸 Robbie Reiser | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,859 |
| 4,221 | 🇳🇱 Dirk Schouten | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,858 |
| 4,222 | 🇩🇪 Hubert Hahne | Formula 1 | 3,858 |
| 4,223 | 🇫🇷 Hugo Delacour | Road to Le Mans | 3,858 |
| 4,224 | 🇺🇸 Michael Christopher Jr. | NASCAR Truck | 3,858 |
| 4,225 | 🇺🇸 Mike Porter | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,858 |
| 4,226 | 🇷🇸 Andrija Kostic | Formula Regional European | 3,857 |
| 4,227 | 🇪🇸 Emilio de Villota | Formula 1 | 3,857 |
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