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🇺🇸 Rodger Ward
Racing driver from United States. Formula 1, Lotus-BRM.
Driver facts
Full name
Rodger Ward
Born
10 January 1921(b. 1921)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Lotus-BRM
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
1
Career podiums
2
Career starts
12
Career DNFs
8
Racer Rating
5,914
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,914Rank 303 of 40,700 indexed, -14 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Rodger Ward is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Lotus-BRM. Ward has recorded 1 win and 2 podiums from 12 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,914 ranks Ward 303th 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
1963 form
Last 12 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 1963-10-06 | Watkins Glen International | DNF | +4 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +174 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1959 | Formula 1 | P1 |
| +151 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1960 | Formula 1 | P2 |
| +106 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1956 | Formula 1 | P8 |
| +22 | Sebring International Raceway 1959 | Formula 1 | DNF |
| +4 | Watkins Glen International 1963 | Formula 1 | DNF |
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-BRM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +4 | 5,928 |
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Watson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | P9 | +151 | 5,924 |
| 1959 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | P9 | +196 | 5,772 |
| 1958 | ▸Formula 1 | Lesovsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −6 | 5,577 |
| 1957 | ▸Formula 1 | Lesovsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −107 | 5,583 |
| 1956 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +106 | 5,690 |
| 1955 | ▸Formula 1 | Kuzma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −85 | 5,584 |
| 1954 | ▸Formula 1 | Pawl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P16 | −71 | 5,669 |
| 1953 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −18 | 5,740 |
| 1952 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −49 | 5,758 |
| 1951 | ▸Formula 1 | Bromme | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +4,457 | 5,807 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Ward finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Tony Bettenhausen | 6,070 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Jim Rathmann | 6,175 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% |
| 🇺🇸 Jimmy Bryan | 5,987 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Johnnie Parsons | 5,992 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🇺🇸 Johnny Thomson | 5,951 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Don Freeland | 5,941 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% |
| 🇺🇸 Eddie Johnson | 4,959 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% |
| 🇺🇸 Duane Carter | 6,176 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇺🇸 Sam Hanks | 6,121 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Paul Russo | 6,067 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇬🇧 Stirling MossHigher-rated | 6,330 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇮🇹 Alberto AscariHigher-rated, 2× champion | 6,252 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇲🇽 Pedro RodríguezHigher-rated | 6,222 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 300 | 🇩🇪 Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Formula 1 | 5,916 |
| 301 | 🇮🇹 Consalvo Sanesi | Formula 1 | 5,915 |
| 302 | 🇫🇷 Anthoine Hubert | Formula 2 | 5,914 |
| 303 | 🇺🇸 Rodger Ward | Formula 1 | 5,914 |
| 304 | 🇬🇧 James Hunt | Formula 1 | 5,912 |
| 305 | 🇫🇷 Michel Leclère | Formula 1 | 5,911 |
| 306 | 🇩🇪 Christian Danner | Formula 1 | 5,910 |
| 307 | 🇧🇪 Lucien Bianchi | Formula 1 | 5,910 |
| 308 | 🇫🇷 Patrick Tambay | Formula 1 | 5,910 |
| 309 | 🇩🇪 Gerhard Mitter | Formula 1 | 5,909 |
| 310 | 🇺🇸 Mark Donohue | Formula 1 | 5,909 |
| 311 | 🇧🇷 Cristiano da Matta | Formula 1 | 5,908 |
| 312 | 🇦🇹 Hans Binder | Formula 1 | 5,908 |
| 313 | 🇦🇹 Helmut Marko | Formula 1 | 5,907 |
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