Kenneth McAlpine is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Connaught. McAlpine has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 7 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,671 ranks McAlpine 461th 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.
| 1955-07-16 | Aintree | DNF | +8 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +59 | Nürburgring 1953 | Formula 1 | P13 |
| +7 | Aintree 1955 | Formula 1 | DNF |
| +7 | Silverstone 1952 | Formula 1 | P16 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | ▸Formula 1 | Connaught | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P15 | +7 | 5,671 |
| 1953 | ▸Formula 1 | Connaught | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −129 | 5,664 |
| 1952 | ▸Formula 1 | Connaught | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +4,443 | 5,793 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Mike Hawthorn | 6,504 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% |
| 🇫🇷 Maurice Trintignant | 5,961 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇮🇹 Nino Farina | 6,495 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Stirling Moss | 6,330 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇮🇹 Alberto Ascari | 6,252 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Harry Schell | 6,087 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 🇬🇧 Roy Salvadori | 5,678 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% |
| 🇦🇷 Juan Fangio | 6,889 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇮🇹 Felice Bonetto | 6,117 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇮🇹 Luigi Villoresi | 6,019 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Peter CollinsHigher-rated | 6,124 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 451 | 🇯🇵 Aguri Suzuki | FIA GT Championship | 5,686 |
| 452 | 🇮🇱 Robert Shwartzman | IndyCar | 5,685 |
| 453 | 🇫🇷 Élie Bayol | Formula 1 | 5,682 |
| 454 | 🇨🇦 George Eaton | Formula 1 | 5,681 |
| 455 | 🇯🇵 Frédéric Makowiecki | WEC | 5,680 |
| 456 | 🇮🇹 Giorgio Scarlatti | Formula 1 | 5,679 |
| 457 | 🇧🇷 Wilson Fittipaldi | Formula 1 | 5,679 |
| 458 | 🇬🇧 Roy Salvadori | Formula 1 | 5,678 |
| 459 | 🇨🇱 Eliseo Salazar | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,675 |
| 460 | 🇺🇸 Bryan Herta | IndyCar | 5,673 |
| 461 | 🇬🇧 Kenneth McAlpine | Formula 1 | 5,671 |
| 462 | 🇯🇵 Mitsunori Takaboshi | Super GT | 5,671 |
| 463 | 🇬🇧 Toby Sowery | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,669 |
| 464 | 🇬🇧 Tom Ingram | BTCC | 5,666 |
| 465 | 🇬🇧 Nick Yelloly | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,665 |
| 466 | 🇨🇦 Scott Goodyear | IndyCar | 5,665 |
| 467 | 🇺🇸 Mike Groff | IndyCar | 5,663 |
| 468 | 🇩🇰 Nicklas Nielsen | WEC | 5,661 |
| 469 | 🇬🇧 Guy Edwards | Formula 1 | 5,659 |
| 470 | 🇮🇹 Lella Lombardi | Formula 1 | 5,658 |
| 471 | 🇫🇷 Henri Pescarolo | Formula 1 | 5,656 |
Kenneth McAlpine was an established professional racing in Formula 1, a single-class international championship that drew amateurs, semi-professionals and graded professionals into the same field. He competed for Connaught across three seasons from 1952 to 1955, making seven starts.[1]
McAlpine's record in the series placed him among the midfield runners. His best championship standing came in 1955, when he finished 15th across the season. He raced regularly against Maurice Trintignant and Mike Hawthorn, both established professionals with far longer Formula 1 careers; he typically finished behind them. He did outpace established professionals Harry Schell and Toulo de Graffenried once each across his time in the championship.[2]
Connaught, the team McAlpine drove for, was a relatively small operation by Formula 1 standards; across the indexed database it fielded 26 drivers without recording a race win, its strongest competitor being established professional Stirling Moss. McAlpine belonged in this midfield tier of the grid, racing among drivers of similar standing but outmatched by the championship's front-running professionals.