Willy Mairesse is a racing driver from Belgium who last raced in Formula 1 for Ferrari. Mairesse has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 12 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,830 ranks Mairesse 454th 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.
| 1963-08-04 | Nürburgring | DNF | −80 |
| 1963-06-09 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | DNF | −66 |
| 1963-05-26 | Circuit de Monaco | DNF | +25 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −121 | 4,861 |
| 1962 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | P14 | +193 | 4,982 |
| 1961 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −81 | 4,790 |
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | P15 | +71 | 4,871 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Phil Hill | 4,199 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
Willy Mairesse was a Belgian Formula 1 driver who raced across four seasons from 1960 to 1963, accumulating twelve starts for Ferrari. His career in the sport yielded a single podium finish and seven championship points. His average finishing position of fourth across classified races places him within the competitive middle tier of professional single-seater racing, though his overall record of twelve races without a win suggests limited success at the highest level of motorsport. In his occasional races, Mairesse proved capable of beating drivers of considerable standing; he finished ahead of Lorenzo Bandini, Wolfgang von Trips, Jack Brabham (a three-time Formula 1 champion), and Tony Maggs in individual races, though these victories were isolated results rather than established patterns of superiority.[1]
Mairesse's most frequent rival was fellow driver Phil Hill, an FIA Silver graded professional and one-time World Champion. Across their three shared races, Mairesse finished ahead of Hill once but trailed him twice, showing no net advantage in their head-to-head competition. Ferrari fielded Mairesse in the majority of his starts; the team's strong record in the championship underscores the quality of equipment he had access to, though he was unable to translate that machinery into consistent results. His Formula 1 career concluded in 1963 with three non-scoring races and a final finish in eighteenth place, marking the end of his involvement in World Championship racing.[2]