Richard Attwood is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Lotus-Ford. Attwood has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 17 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,864 ranks Attwood 411th 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.
| 1969-05-18 | Circuit de Monaco | P4 | +111 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Ford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | P13 | +111 | 4,929 |
| 1968 | ▸Formula 1 | BRM | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | P13 | +62 | 4,818 |
| 1967 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Maserati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +1 | 4,756 |
| 1965 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-BRM | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | P14 | +89 | 4,756 |
| 1964 | ▸Formula 1 | BRM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −133 | 4,667 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 5,097 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan Gurney | 4,902 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Jackie Stewart | 5,923 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% |
| 🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren | 5,136 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇨🇭 Jo Siffert | 5,058 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% |
| 🇳🇿 Denny Hulme | 5,522 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Mike Spence | 4,975 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Richie Ginther | 5,503 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇮🇹 Lorenzo Bandini | 5,294 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇦🇹 Jochen Rindt | 5,070 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
Richard Attwood competed in Formula 1 between 1964 and 1969, accumulating 17 world championship starts for Lotus and BRM. He finished his single-seater career with one podium and 11 championship points. His average finishing position across classified starts was eighth, placing him as a mid-grid professional in an era dominated by established names. He regularly shared grids with multiple world champions including Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart and Denny Hulme, though he typically finished behind them. His head-to-head record against these front-runners was heavily weighted in their favour; against Hill, he finished ahead once in ten encounters, against Stewart and Gurney he never finished ahead, and against Hulme he managed two finishes ahead in six races. He did finish ahead of Jim Clark once and Ginther once, and twice outran Denny Hulme, the 1967 world champion.[1]
Attwood's Formula 1 career represented the upper-professional tier of single-seater racing but without the sustained success of the era's leading drivers. His rating of 4,864 places him in the top half of a strong professional field, reflecting competence against established competitors rather than dominance. His most notable achievement came after his Grand Prix career ended; he won the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans driving for Porsche, becoming a significant figure in sports car racing where his skills found greater success than in the single-seater discipline.[2]