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🇬🇧 Piers Courage

Racing driver from United Kingdom. Formula 1, De Tomaso.
Driver facts
Full name
Piers Courage
Born
27 May 1942(b. 1942)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
De Tomaso
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
2
Career starts
29
Career DNFs
20
Racer Rating
5,727
Piers Courage
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,727
Rank 430 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

Piers Courage is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for De Tomaso. Courage has recorded 0 wins and 2 podiums from 29 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,727 ranks Courage 430th 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
1970 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFGERITACANUSAMEXESPMONNEDFRAGBRGERITACANUSAMEXSOUESPMONBELNED
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1970-06-21ZandvoortFormula 1DNF−61
1970-06-07Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsFormula 1DNF−111
1970-05-10Circuit de MonacoFormula 1DNF—
1970-04-19JaramaFormula 1DNF−133
1970-03-07KyalamiFormula 1DNF−91
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+153Circuit de Monaco 1969Formula 1P2
+152Watkins Glen International 1969Formula 1P2
+117Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1968Formula 1P4
+98Silverstone 1969Formula 1P5
+90Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1969Formula 1P5
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1970▸Formula 1De Tomaso500500P17−3975,727
1969▸Formula 1Brabham-Ford10025016P8+396,124
1968▸Formula 1BRM1100704P14+2546,085
1967▸Formula 1BRM300300P13+4,4825,832
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Courage finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇦🇹 Jochen Rindt6,16728121643%
🇨🇭 Jo Siffert6,13628111739%
🇬🇧 Graham Hill6,1302891932%
🇬🇧 Jackie Stewart6,6692762122%
🇳🇿 Denny Hulme6,3182791833%
🇬🇧 John Surtees5,95827131448%
🇲🇽 Pedro Rodríguez6,2222691735%
🇦🇺 Jack Brabham6,16326121446%
🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren6,1432691735%
🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Beltoise5,76426101638%
🇬🇧 Jim ClarkHigher-rated, 2× champion6,51832167%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
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428🇺🇾 Gonzalo RodríguezInternational Formula 30005,733
429🇬🇧 Freddie SlaterFormula 35,728
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Piers Courage is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for De Tomaso. Courage has recorded 0 wins and 2 podiums from 29 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,727 ranks Courage 430th 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
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