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 5,111 ranks Maggs 285th 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.
| 1965-01-01 | Prince George Circuit | P11 | +5 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-BRM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +5 | 5,423 |
| 1964 | ▸Formula 1 | BRM | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | P12 | −191 | 5,418 |
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | P8 | +171 | 5,609 |
| 1962 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | P7 | +544 | 5,439 |
| 1961 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Climax | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +94 | 4,894 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren | 5,136 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14% |
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 5,097 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 21% |
| 🇺🇸 Richie Ginther | 5,503 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 31% |
| 🇬🇧 Jim Clark | 5,692 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan Gurney | 4,902 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42% |
| 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham | 5,211 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% |
| 🇳🇱 Carel Godin de Beaufort | 4,952 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 91% |
| 🇸🇪 Jo Bonnier | 4,402 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% |
| 🇮🇹 Lorenzo Bandini | 5,294 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% |
| 🇬🇧 John Surtees | 4,899 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
Tony Maggs was a South African Formula 1 driver who raced from 1961 to 1965, accumulating 27 starts across five seasons. He scored three podium finishes but never won a Grand Prix, competing primarily for Lotus-BRM and Cooper-Climax. His racing sitting on an Elo scale at 5,111 places him among solid professionals of that era, though not at the level of the championship contenders he regularly faced.[1]
Maggs contested the early 1960s grid alongside some of the strongest drivers in Formula 1 history. He finished ahead of two-time champion Jim Clark twice in twelve shared races, and beat Richie Ginther four times in thirteen meetings; Ginther was rated a stronger driver overall. Against three-time champion Graham Hill, Maggs managed three finishes ahead across fourteen races, a losing head-to-head that reflected the gap between them. His most competitive records came against drivers of similar standing: he finished ahead of Bruce McLaren twice in fourteen races and had a near-level record against three-time champion Jack Brabham, winning that particular exchange six to five. His average finishing position of sixth across classified results suggests a driver who typically ran in the midfield against elite opposition rather than competing for wins.[2]
After 1965, Maggs retired from Formula 1; his final appearance came that year when he finished seventeenth. He remained active in other forms of motorsport, and his career spanned the transition from the early 1960s grid to the more competitive fields of the mid-decade.