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🇺🇸 Ronnie Bucknum

Racing driver from United States. Formula 1, Honda.
Driver facts
Full name
Ronnie Bucknum
Born
5 April 1936(b. 1936)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Honda
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
11
Career DNFs
7
Racer Rating
5,769
Driver photo 3:4
Racer Rating
5,769
Rank 405 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

Ronnie Bucknum is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Honda. Bucknum has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 11 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,769 ranks Bucknum 405th 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
1966 form
Last 11 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFGERITAUSAMONBELFRAITAUSAMEXUSAMEX
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1966-10-23Autódromo Hermanos RodríguezFormula 1P8+70
1966-10-02Watkins Glen InternationalFormula 1DNF+49
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+138Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1965Formula 1P5
+70Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1966Formula 1P8
+49Watkins Glen International 1966Formula 1DNF
+6Nürburgring 1964Formula 1P13
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1966▸Formula 1Honda200100P14+1195,769
1965▸Formula 1Honda600402P12−1515,649
1964▸Formula 1Honda300200P14+4,4505,800
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Bucknum finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Richie Ginther6,413111109%
🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren6,143115645%
🇨🇭 Jo Siffert6,136111109%
🇬🇧 Graham Hill6,130114736%
🇸🇪 Jo Bonnier5,614114736%
🇬🇧 Jim Clark6,518104640%
🇮🇹 Lorenzo Bandini6,318102820%
🇺🇸 Dan Gurney5,945101910%
🇦🇺 Jack Brabham6,16393633%
🇬🇧 Mike Spence6,04791811%
🇬🇧 Jackie StewartHigher-rated, 3× champion6,66984450%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
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Ronnie Bucknum is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Honda. Bucknum has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 11 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,769 ranks Bucknum 405th 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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