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 4,826 ranks Flaherty 459th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1959-05-30 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | DNF | −21 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | ▸Formula 1 | Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −21 | 4,852 |
| 1956 | ▸Formula 1 | Watson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | P5 | +153 | 4,872 |
| 1955 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +73 | 4,720 |
| 1954 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −114 | 4,647 |
| 1953 | ▸Formula 1 | Kuzma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −103 | 4,760 |
| 1950 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +63 | 4,863 |
Pat Flaherty was an American racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1950 and 1959, amassing six starts across the decade. His single victory came in the early years of the championship, driving for Watson. His average finishing position across classified races sat at seventh, and he demonstrated the capacity to outrun several drivers of comparable professional standing, including multiple instances ahead of Jim Rathmann and Duane Carter, both competitors with ratings in the 5,000 range.[1]
Flaherty's F1 career was sparse and episodic, with his final appearance in 1959 resulting in a twentieth-place finish. The bulk of his competitive work lay outside the championship in contemporary open-wheel racing. He was associated with Kurtis Kraft for three of his F1 entries, a team that produced multiple race winners across its broader history and fielded drivers of genuine calibre, most notably Rathmann. Flaherty's Racer Rating of 4,826 places him in the upper tier of professional single-seater competition of his era, though his limited starts and late-career decline from regular competitive results reflect a driver whose peak involvement at the highest level was both brief and concentrated in the championship's opening years.[2]