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American Kurtis Kraft

Paul Russo

American
8 Seasons in F1
Did You Know
The first F1 World Championship race was the 1950 British Grand Prix at Silverstone on 13 May 1950.

Profile

Paul Russo

Paul Russo was a American Formula 1 driver who competed between 1950 and 1959. across 9 races, taking 0 wins, 1 podiums and 0 pole positions for Nichels, Kurtis Kraft.

Number
-
Nationality
American
Team
Kurtis Kraft
Career
1950–1959

Career Stats

Seasons
8
Races
9
Wins
0
Podiums
1
Poles
0
Fastest Laps
0
WDC
0

Teammate Duels

Paul Russo
Career vs all teammates qualifying + race
Russo 109 Qualifying 74 Teammate
60%
40%
109–74 across 183 weekends
Russo 51 Race 13 Teammate
80%
20%
51–13 across 64 weekends
By teammate
vs Jimmy Daywalt 1953–1959
Q
5–2
R
3–0
vs Duane Carter 1953–1959
Q
1–4
R
1–3
vs Eddie Johnson 1953–1959
Q
4–1
R
1–1
vs Bob Christie 1956–1959
Q
3–1
R
1–0
vs Chuck Weyant 1955–1959
Q
2–0
R
1–0
vs Don Freeland 1957–1959
Q
1–1
R
1–0
vs Bobby Grim 1959
Q
0–1
vs Chuck Arnold 1959
Q
0–1
R
1–0
+61 earlier teammates

Qualifying head-to-head by grid slot; race by classified finish. Only weekends where both cars were classified count.

Career Mosaic

Every start as a tile 9 tiles

One square per race across the whole career. Sort by outcome for the block of gold wins tapering to the red corner of retirements, or by chronological order to read the career start-to-finish.

Sort by
Key
Podium 1 Points 2 Finished 3 DNF · mech 2 DNF · crash 1

Every tile is a clickable link — select one to open that race.

Season Outcomes

Outcome mix by season 100% stacked

Every season's races stacked into one bar, split by outcome — newest first. Gold and silver mark the strong years; red flags the retirements.

Podium 1 Points 2 Finished 3 DNF · mech 2 DNF · crash 1
1959 Kurtis Kraft
1958 Kurtis Kraft
1957 Kurtis Kraft
1956 Kurtis Kraft
1955 Kurtis Kraft
1954 Kurtis Kraft
1953 Kurtis Kraft
1950 Nichels

Season by Season

Year Pos Team Points Wins Races Best
1959
33
 Kurtis Kraft 0 0 1 P9
1958
61
 Kurtis Kraft 0 0 1 -
1957
17
 Kurtis Kraft 3 0 1 P4
1956
27
 Kurtis Kraft 1 0 1 -
1955
14
 Kurtis Kraft 3 0 1 P2
1954
39
 Kurtis Kraft 0 0 1 P8
1953
18
 Kurtis Kraft 1.5 0 2 P4
1950
37
 Nichels 0 0 1 P9
Career8 seasons
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P9
Kurtis Kraft
Finished P33
1959 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Kurtis Kraft
Finished P61
1958 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P4
Kurtis Kraft
Finished P17
1957 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Kurtis Kraft
Finished P27
1956 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P2
Kurtis Kraft
Finished P14
1955 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P8
Kurtis Kraft
Finished P39
1954 standings →
Wins
0
Races
2
Best
P4
Kurtis Kraft
Finished P18
1953 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P9
Nichels
Finished P37
1950 standings →

Race by Race · All Seasons

Year Race Team Grid Finish Pts Status
1959 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 27
9
 0 Finished
1958 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 14 R 0 Throttle
1957 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 10
4
 3 Finished
1956 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 8 R 1 Accident
1955 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 2
2
 3 Finished
1954 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 32
8
 0 Finished
1953 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 17 R 0 Magneto
1953 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 2
4
 1.5 Finished
1950 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Nichels 19
9
 0 +3 Laps
Grid
27
Finish
9
Δ Pos
+18
Points
0
Finished
Grid 27 → P9 ▲ 18
Race result →