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🇦🇺 Larry Perkins

Racing driver from Australia. Formula 1, Surtees.
Driver facts
Full name
Larry Perkins
Born
18 March 1950(b. 1950)
Nationality
Australia
Current team
Surtees
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
11
Career DNFs
6
Racer Rating
5,562
Larry Perkins
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,562
Rank 557 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

Larry Perkins is a racing driver from Australia who last raced in Formula 1 for Surtees. Perkins has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 11 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,562 ranks Perkins 557th 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
1977 form
Last 11 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFESPBELSWENEDITACANUSAJPNBRASOUBEL
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1977-06-05ZolderFormula 1P12+60
1977-03-05KyalamiFormula 1P15+8
1977-01-23Autódromo José Carlos PaceFormula 1DNF−107
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+80Zolder 1976Formula 1P8
+59Zolder 1977Formula 1P12
+13Jarama 1976Formula 1P13
+7Kyalami 1977Formula 1P15
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1977▸Formula 1Surtees300100P17−415,562
1976▸Formula 1Brabham-Alfa Romeo800500P16+4,2535,603
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Perkins finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇿🇦 Jody Scheckter6,391112918%
🇸🇪 Ronnie Peterson6,242115645%
🇬🇧 John Watson6,238113827%
🇨🇭 Clay Regazzoni6,212111109%
🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite6,099113827%
🇩🇪 Jochen Mass6,098113827%
🇺🇸 Mario Andretti6,053115645%
🇫🇷 Patrick Depailler6,040113827%
🇬🇧 James Hunt5,912111109%
🇸🇪 Gunnar Nilsson5,897114736%
🇦🇷 Carlos ReutemannHigher-rated6,55284450%
🇮🇹 Riccardo PatreseFIA Bronze6,417110100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
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Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
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555🇧🇪 Johnny ClaesFormula 15,564
556🇳🇿 Earl BamberIMSA WeatherTech5,563
557🇦🇺 Larry PerkinsFormula 15,562
558🇻🇪 Johnny Cecotto Jr.Formula 25,561
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Larry Perkins was an established professional racing in Formula 1, the sport's top single-seater championship. He drove for Surtees across two seasons from 1976 to 1977, making 11 starts in a global field that mixed amateur and semi-professional drivers with graded professionals.[1]

His Formula 1 career was brief and difficult. In 1976 he took his first start; in 1977, across three rounds that completed his indexed record, he finished 17th in the championship standings. Against the established professionals he met regularly, he usually finished behind Jody Scheckter, who would become the 1979 Formula 1 champion, and ran closely matched with Ronnie Peterson. He took one finish ahead of Tom Pryce and one ahead of Michel Leclère, both established Formula 1 drivers. Surtees, the team that fielded him, was a small operation with no wins in the index and a roster headlined by Brian Henton, an established professional.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
Racing legend’s unwanted Dash for Cash record[1]
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Final standings: Kostecki wins Larry Perkins Trophy[2]
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How a banana snack landed Larry Perkins in a BRM Formula 1 car[3]
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