Rupert Keegan is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for March. Keegan has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 27 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,247 ranks Keegan 896th 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.
| 1982-09-25 | Las Vegas Street Circuit | P12 | +56 |
| 1982-08-29 | Dijon-Prenois | DNF | −87 |
| 1982-08-15 | Red Bull Ring | DNF | −88 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | ▸Formula 1 | March | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −120 | 4,247 |
| 1980 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +208 | 4,367 |
| 1978 | ▸Formula 1 | Surtees | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −615 | 4,159 |
| 1977 | ▸Formula 1 | Hesketh | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −26 | 4,774 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann | 5,765 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite | 5,186 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇦🇺 Alan Jones | 4,943 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🇿🇦 Jody Scheckter | 5,599 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🇬🇧 John Watson | 5,367 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇩🇪 Jochen Mass | 5,075 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🇺🇸 Mario Andretti | 4,978 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% |
| 🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Jarier | 4,248 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi | 3,999 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% |
| 🇦🇹 Niki Lauda | 5,364 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
Rupert Keegan competed in Formula 1 between 1977 and 1982, accumulating 27 starts for March without scoring a championship point or finishing on a podium. He raced against a field that included multiple former or future champions; his career head-to-head record against those rivals was consistently uncompetitive, notably finishing behind Carlos Reutemann in all nine shared races and Jacques Laffite in all nine of theirs. Against the strongest individual drivers in the field, Keegan managed occasional finishes ahead of front-running professionals such as Jody Scheckter, John Watson and Eddie Cheever, but these remained isolated results rather than a pattern of competitiveness at that level. His average finishing position across classified starts was P10.7, placing him well outside the competitive core of the grid.[1]
The March team for which Keegan drove fielded a roster of twelve drivers across his tenure and achieved a single race win during the period, indicating a mid-field outfit without the resources to support success. Keegan's four seasons of single-seater racing at the highest level produced no breakthrough results and no championship points, reflecting a career that did not translate early promise into sustained competitive performance at Formula 1 standard. He retired from motorsport after his final appearance in 1982.[2]