🇬🇧 Tom Pryce

Tom Pryce was a British racing driver from Wales who competed in Formula 1 between 1974 and 1977, driving for Shadow across 42 starts. He raced in a world championship field that mixed amateur and semi-professional entrants with graded professionals, operating at the established professional level.[1]

Pryce finished twice on the podium in his four seasons, neither result occurring in a campaign where he scored championship points. His best season came in 1977, when he was classified 17th in the final standings after three rounds raced. He was a regular opponent for Ronnie Peterson, an established professional with 123 Formula 1 starts, and ran closely matched against him across their meetings. Against Jody Scheckter, who would become the 1979 Formula 1 champion, Pryce finished ahead on five occasions across their head-to-head encounters. He also beat Carlos Reutemann, an elite professional with 146 Formula 1 starts, four times in their races together.[2]

Shadow fielded 17 drivers across the indexed period and recorded one race win as a team, with Riccardo Patrese as its strongest driver by rating. Pryce's two podium finishes represented the bulk of the team's results at the front of the grid during his time with the outfit.