Philippe Étancelin is a racing driver from France who last raced in Formula 1 for Maserati. Étancelin has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 12 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,669 ranks Étancelin 592th 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.
| 1952-07-06 | Rouen-Les-Essarts | P8 | +42 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +42 | 4,669 |
| 1951 | ▸Formula 1 | Talbot-Lago | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −203 | 4,627 |
| 1950 | ▸Formula 1 | Talbot-Lago | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | P13 | +30 | 4,830 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Nino Farina | 5,565 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇫🇷 Louis Rosier | 4,858 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇮🇹 Alberto Ascari | 5,339 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇦🇷 Juan Fangio | 6,092 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇮🇹 Luigi Fagioli | 5,127 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇨🇭 Toulo de Graffenried | 4,915 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇫🇷 Yves Cabantous | 4,654 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇫🇷 Robert Manzon | 4,281 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
Philippe Étancelin was a French racing driver whose career spanned the early Formula One era, competing from 1950 to 1952 with Maserati across twelve starts. He recorded no wins or podium finishes in the series, finishing at an average of seventh place among classified results; his final outing came in the 1952 season, when he completed a single round. His most recent competitive activity dates to that final year.[1]
During his Formula One tenure, Étancelin shared the grid with some of the era's strongest drivers. He faced five-time champion Juan Fangio in three races without finishing ahead of him, and contested multiple encounters with fellow front-runners including two-time champion Alberto Ascari, single-time champion Nino Farina, and Luigi Fagioli. His head-to-head record against these opponents was consistently unfavourable, though he did secure isolated results ahead of Farina and beat both Toulo de Graffenried and club-level driver Rudi Fischer on separate occasions. Étancelin's primary machinery came through Talbot-Lago, which fielded him for eleven of his twelve starts; that team's roster included José Froilán González as its strongest driver on record.[2]
Étancelin's competitive standing in Formula One was modest compared to the championship-calibre field around him, reflected in a Racer Rating of 4,669 that places him within professional racing's upper tier but well below the champions he encountered. His legacy as a Grand Prix driver is that of a middle-order competitor in motorsport's nascent single-seater championship, though his racing record extended beyond Formula One; he was notably a winner of the 1934 24 Hours of Le Mans, indicating earlier prominence in endurance racing.