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Driver Portrait Rodger Ward
American Lotus-BRM

Rodger Ward

American
11 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

Rodger Ward

Rodger Ward was a American Formula 1 driver who competed between 1951 and 1963. across 12 races, taking 1 wins, 2 podiums and 0 pole positions for Bromme, Kurtis Kraft, Pawl and 4 other teams.

Number
-
Nationality
American
Team
Lotus-BRM
Career
1951–1963

Career Stats

Seasons
11
Races
12
Wins
1
Podiums
2
Poles
0
Fastest Laps
0
WDC
0

Teammate Duels

Rodger Ward
Career vs all teammates qualifying + race
Ward 44 Qualifying 46 Teammate
49%
51%
44–46 across 90 weekends
Ward 14 Race 21 Teammate
40%
60%
14–21 across 35 weekends
By teammate
vs Hap Sharp 1963
Q
1–0
vs Jim Hall 1963
Q
0–1
vs Jo Siffert 1963
Q
0–1
vs Jim Rathmann 1952–1960
Q
2–4
R
1–3
vs Chuck Stevenson 1952–1960
Q
1–2
R
1–0
vs Dick Rathmann 1956–1960
Q
1–2
R
1–1
vs Tony Bettenhausen 1956–1960
Q
1–1
R
1–0
vs Troy Ruttman 1956–1960
Q
1–1
R
1–0
+49 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 12 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
Win 1 Podium 1 Finished 2 DNF · mech 7 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.

Win 1 Podium 1 Finished 2 DNF · mech 7 DNF · crash 1
1963 Lotus-BRM
1960 Watson
1959 Watson
1958 Lesovsky
1957 Lesovsky
1955 Kuzma
1954 Pawl
1951 Bromme

Season by Season

Year Pos Team Points Wins Races Best
1963
39
Lotus-BRM 0 0 1 -
1960
14
Watson 6 0 1 P2
1959
10
Watson 8 1 2 P1
1958
66
Lesovsky 0 0 1 -
1957
73
Lesovsky 0 0 1 -
1956
36
Kurtis Kraft 0 0 1 P8
1955
79
Kuzma 0 0 1 -
1954
85
Pawl 0 0 1 -
1953
68
Kurtis Kraft 0 0 1 P16
1952
89
Kurtis Kraft 0 0 1 -
1951
78
Bromme 0 0 1 -
Career11 seasons
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Finished P39
1963 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P2
Finished P14
1960 standings →
Wins
1
Races
2
Best
P1
Finished P10
1959 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Finished P66
1958 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Finished P73
1957 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P8
Finished P36
1956 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Finished P79
1955 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Finished P85
1954 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P16
Finished P68
1953 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Finished P89
1952 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Finished P78
1951 standings →

Race by Race · All Seasons

Year Race Team Grid Finish Pts Status
1963 United States Grand Prix United States Grand Prix Lotus-BRM 17 R 0 Gearbox
1960 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Watson 3
2
6 Finished
1959 United States Grand Prix United States Grand Prix Kurtis Kraft 19 R 0 Clutch
1959 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Watson 6
1
8 Finished
1958 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Lesovsky 11 R 0 Magneto
1957 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Lesovsky 24 R 0 Turbo
1956 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 15
8
0 Finished
1955 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kuzma 30 R 0 Accident
1954 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Pawl 16 R 0 Retired
1953 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 10
16
0 Axle
1952 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 22 R 0 Oil pressure
1951 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Bromme 25 R 0 Oil pipe
Grid
17
Finish
DNF
Δ Pos
Points
0
Gearbox
Grid 17 → DNF
Race result →