Tony Maggs is a racing driver from South Africa who last raced in Formula 1 for Lotus-BRM. Maggs has recorded 0 wins and 3 podiums from 27 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 6,160 ranks Maggs 133th 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.
| 1965-01-01 | Prince George Circuit | P11 | +2 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +138 | Rouen-Les-Essarts 1962 | Formula 1 | P2 |
| +115 | Reims-Gueux 1963 | Formula 1 | P2 |
| +105 | Zeltweg 1964 | Formula 1 | P4 |
| +103 | Zandvoort 1962 | Formula 1 | P5 |
| +100 | Prince George Circuit 1962 | Formula 1 | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-BRM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +1 | 6,421 |
| 1964 | ▸Formula 1 | BRM | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | P10 | −187 | 6,420 |
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | P8 | +77 | 6,607 |
| 1962 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | P7 | +528 | 6,530 |
| 1961 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Climax | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | +4,652 | 6,002 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Jim Clark | 6,518 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 30% |
| 🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren | 6,143 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 37% |
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 6,130 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 30% |
| 🇬🇧 John Surtees | 5,958 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 41% |
| 🇺🇸 Richie Ginther | 6,413 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 35% |
| 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham | 6,163 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 46% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan Gurney | 5,945 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 54% |
| 🇸🇪 Jo Bonnier | 5,614 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 50% |
| 🇩🇪 Phil HillFIA Silver | 6,113 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 55% |
| 🇬🇧 Innes Ireland | 5,823 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 73% |
| 🇬🇧 Stirling MossHigher-rated | 6,330 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇮🇹 Lorenzo BandiniHigher-rated | 6,318 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 45% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | 🇮🇹 Elio de Angelis | Formula 1 | 6,204 |
| 124 | 🇺🇸 Chris Buescher | NASCAR Cup Series | 6,195 |
| 125 | 🇮🇹 Giorgio Pantano | IndyCar | 6,189 |
| 126 | 🇮🇹 Piero Taruffi | Formula 1 | 6,184 |
| 127 | 🇺🇸 Duane Carter | Formula 1 | 6,176 |
| 128 | 🇺🇸 Jim Rathmann | Formula 1 | 6,175 |
| 129 | 🇦🇺 Brodie Kostecki | Supercars Championship | 6,172 |
| 130 | 🇮🇹 Davide Valsecchi | GP2 Series | 6,170 |
| 131 | 🇦🇹 Jochen Rindt | Formula 1 | 6,167 |
| 132 | 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham | Formula 1 | 6,163 |
| 133 | 🇿🇦 Tony Maggs | Formula 1 | 6,160 |
| 134 | 🇬🇧 Tom Pryce | Formula 1 | 6,159 |
| 135 | 🇩🇪 Maximilian Günther | Formula E | 6,158 |
| 136 | 🇫🇮 Keke Rosberg | Formula 1 | 6,156 |
| 137 | 🇨🇳 Guanyu Zhou | Formula 1 | 6,147 |
| 138 | 🇬🇧 Allan McNish | WEC | 6,143 |
| 139 | 🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren | Formula 1 | 6,143 |
| 140 | 🇬🇧 Anthony Davidson | WEC | 6,136 |
| 141 | 🇨🇭 Jo Siffert | Formula 1 | 6,136 |
| 142 | 🇳🇿 Matthew Payne | Supercars Championship | 6,136 |
| 143 | 🇺🇸 Aric Almirola | NASCAR Xfinity | 6,134 |
Tony Maggs was an established professional racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1961 and 1965. Across five seasons he started 27 times for Lotus-BRM and Cooper-Climax, primarily the latter; he scored three podium finishes in a field that mixed amateurs, semi-professionals and graded professionals in the same championship.[1]
Maggs raced most regularly against Jim Clark, the 1963 and 1965 Formula 1 champion, and Bruce McLaren, an established professional who would go on to found the McLaren team. He usually finished behind Clark but was closely matched with McLaren across multiple meetings. His strongest results came against other established drivers; he finished ahead of Jim Clark twice and Richie Ginther, who had 53 Formula 1 starts, four times across the championship. His career ran through the early 1960s, a period when Formula 1 drew drivers from across the skill and experience spectrum into a single grid.[2]