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🇺🇸 Pat Flaherty
Racing driver from United States. Formula 1, Watson.
Driver facts
Full name
Pat Flaherty
Born
6 January 1926(b. 1926)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Watson
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
1
Career podiums
1
Career starts
6
Career DNFs
3
Racer Rating
5,929
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,929Rank 289 of 40,700 indexed, -29 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Pat Flaherty is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Watson. Flaherty has recorded 1 win and 1 podium from 6 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,929 ranks Flaherty 289th 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
1959 form
Last 6 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 1959-05-30 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | DNF | −22 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +155 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1956 | Formula 1 | P1 |
| +79 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1955 | Formula 1 | P10 |
| +63 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1950 | Formula 1 | P10 |
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | ▸Formula 1 | Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −22 | 5,958 |
| 1956 | ▸Formula 1 | Watson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | P5 | +155 | 5,980 |
| 1955 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | +79 | 5,825 |
| 1954 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P16 | −112 | 5,746 |
| 1953 | ▸Formula 1 | Kuzma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −104 | 5,859 |
| 1950 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +4,613 | 5,963 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Flaherty finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Jim Rathmann | 6,175 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Tony Bettenhausen | 6,070 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Paul Russo | 6,067 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Duane Carter | 6,176 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Sam Hanks | 6,121 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Johnnie Parsons | 5,992 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Jimmy Bryan | 5,987 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Johnny Thomson | 5,951 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Gene Hartley | 5,946 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Don Freeland | 5,941 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 279 | 🇬🇧 John Taylor | Formula 1 | 5,938 |
| 280 | 🇮🇹 Michele Alboreto | IndyCar | 5,938 |
| 281 | 🇺🇸 Chuck Stevenson | Formula 1 | 5,935 |
| 282 | 🇬🇧 Tony Brise | Formula 1 | 5,934 |
| 283 | 🇪🇸 Alfonso de Portago | Formula 1 | 5,933 |
| 284 | 🇺🇸 Hap Sharp | Formula 1 | 5,933 |
| 285 | 🇲🇽 Hector Rebaque | Formula 1 | 5,933 |
| 286 | 🇧🇪 Jacky Ickx | Formula 1 | 5,931 |
| 287 | 🇪🇸 Paco Godia | Formula 1 | 5,930 |
| 288 | 🇮🇩 Rio Haryanto | Formula 1 | 5,930 |
| 289 | 🇺🇸 Pat Flaherty | Formula 1 | 5,929 |
| 290 | 🇳🇱 Richard Verschoor | European Le Mans Series | 5,929 |
| 291 | 🇫🇷 Yannick Dalmas | FIA GT Championship | 5,929 |
| 292 | 🇮🇹 Gerino Gerini | Formula 1 | 5,926 |
| 293 | 🇺🇸 Michael McDowell | NASCAR Cup Series | 5,925 |
| 294 | 🇺🇸 Jamie McMurray | NASCAR Truck | 5,923 |
| 295 | 🇬🇧 Cliff Allison | Formula 1 | 5,922 |
| 296 | 🇬🇧 Alexander Rossi | IndyCar | 5,919 |
| 297 | 🇺🇸 Johnny Boyd | Formula 1 | 5,918 |
| 298 | 🇪🇸 Luis Perez-Sala | Formula 1 | 5,918 |
| 299 | 🇮🇹 Antonio Giovinazzi | WEC | 5,916 |
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