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🇬🇧 Tony Rolt

Racing driver from United Kingdom. Formula 1, Connaught.
Driver facts
Full name
Tony Rolt
Born
16 October 1918(b. 1918)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Connaught
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
3
Career DNFs
3
Racer Rating
3,836
Driver photo · 3:4
Racer Rating
3,836
RANK 1264 / 15,348 INDEXED · +0 SEASON
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
FIA CATEGORISATION NOT YET INDEXED
SOURCE · FIA.COM
SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Tony Rolt is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Connaught. Rolt has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,836 ranks Rolt 1264th 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.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS
1955 form
LAST 3 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER
P1P5P10P20DNFGBRGBRGBR
Recent results
TAP A ROW FOR THE FULL RACE
1955-07-16AintreeFormula 1DNF−38
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1955▸Formula 1Connaught100100P26−393,835
1953▸Formula 1Connaught100100P20+323,859
1950▸Formula 1ERA100100P23−673,840
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
RACERDB · REFERENCE FOR EVERY RACING SERIESAGGREGATED FROM 1 SOURCES · SYNCED 20H AGO
SERIES AND TEAM NAMES ARE TRADEMARKS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERSPRIVACY
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Tony Rolt was a British racing driver and engineer who competed in Formula 1 in the early 1950s. His single-seater career comprised three starts across the 1950 to 1955 period, all entered for Connaught, a constructor that would produce no race wins across its entire competition history. Rolt did not score points or podium finishes in Formula 1.[1]

His racing record reflects a driver of club or semi-professional standing operating in a formative era of Grand Prix competition, when grids were smaller and driver turnover substantial. The depth of his involvement in motorsport extended well beyond driving; his engineering contributions, notably to the Ferguson 4WD project, marked him as a figure of technical as well as competitive interest to the sport. Rolt's wider renown stemmed from his extraordinary career outside racing: a decorated military officer and war hero who maintained a lifelong connection to motorsport in multiple capacities.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia
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