Ron Flockhart is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Cooper-Climax. Flockhart has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 13 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,584 ranks Flockhart 647th 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.
| 1960-11-20 | Riverside International Raceway | DNF | −112 |
| 1960-07-03 | Reims-Gueux | P6 | +94 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | P24 | −18 | 4,584 |
| 1959 | ▸Formula 1 | BRM | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +110 | 4,601 |
| 1958 | ▸Formula 1 | BRM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −126 | 4,491 |
| 1957 | ▸Formula 1 | BRM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −166 | 4,616 |
| 1956 | ▸Formula 1 | Connaught | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | P11 | +3 | 4,783 |
| 1954 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −21 | 4,779 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Stirling Moss | 5,388 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham | 5,211 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Harry Schell | 4,981 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇧🇪 Olivier Gendebien | 4,884 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇫🇷 Maurice Trintignant | 4,839 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Phil Hill | 4,199 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
Ron Flockhart was a British driver who raced in Formula 1 between 1954 and 1960, accumulating 13 starts for Cooper-Climax and BRM. He secured a single podium finish across his six seasons at the highest level of single-seater racing. His average classification was seventh position, placing him in a field alongside front-running professionals of the era such as Stirling Moss, Jack Brabham (a three-time champion), and Phil Hill (a former champion). Against these competitors, Flockhart typically finished behind them when they raced together; his head-to-head records against Moss and Brabham showed him outpaced in those encounters, though he managed to beat Harry Schell and Maurice Trintignant on occasion and scored a single victory over Wolfgang von Trips, a strong contemporary driver.[1]
His Formula 1 career yielded limited success in the single-seater sphere, but Flockhart's standing as a racing driver extended well beyond the championship grid. His participation in international endurance racing, most notably at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, represented a significant part of his competitive career and secured his legacy in that discipline. He retired from active competition after 1960, concluding a career that encompassed both the pinnacle of single-seater racing and the demanding world of long-distance sports car competition.[2]