Driver · United States of America
Rodger Ward
Won the Indianapolis 500 in the years it counted towards the Formula One World Championship (1950-1960). Recorded as a World Championship race winner in the official record; did not contest European Grands Prix.
British racing greenUnited Kingdom's international racing colour, under the convention that painted a car for the country that entered it, as it stood when Team Lotus raced in 1963. Not the team's own livery.
- Seasons
- 1951–196311 with an entry
- Entries
- 12
- Wins
- 1
- Podiums
- 2
- Poles
- 0
- Fastest laps
- 0
- Best finish
- P1
Where each championship finished
Final championship position by season, ringed for a title. No dot: not in the final standings, or excluded. The dots are not in team colours: no season on this record has one.
Season by season
The same on all 11 rows: Poles — 0; FL — 0.
| Season | Constructor | Entries | Wins | Podiums | Best | Championship | Points scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Team Lotus | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 1960 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | P2 | 12 | 6 |
| 1959 | Watson-Offenhauser | 2 | 1 | 1 | P1 | 10 | 8 |
| 1958 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | — | 0 |
| 1957 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | P30 | — | 0 |
| 1956 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | P8 | — | 0 |
| 1955 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | P28 | — | 0 |
| 1954 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | P22 | — | 0 |
| 1953 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | P16 | — | 0 |
| 1952 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | P23 | — | 0 |
| 1951 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | P27 | — | 0 |
Team-mates
| Season | Team-mate | Constructor | Races | Qualifying | Race | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Hap Sharp | Team Lotus | 1 | 1–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1963 | Jim Clark | Team Lotus | 1 | 0–1 | none | 0–4 |
| 1963 | Jim Hall | Team Lotus | 1 | 0–1 | none | 0–0 |
| 1963 | Jo Siffert | Team Lotus | 1 | 0–1 | none | 0–0 |
| 1963 | Pedro Rodriguez | Team Lotus | 1 | 0–1 | none | 0–0 |
| 1963 | Trevor Taylor | Team Lotus | 1 | 0–1 | none | 0–0 |
Every entry 12 entries
| Season | Grand Prix | Constructor | Chassis | Grid | Result | Out | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | United States Grand Prix | Team Lotus | 24 | 17 | DNF | Gearbox | 44 | 0 |
| 1960 | Indianapolis 500 | — | Indy Roadster | 3 | 2 | Finished | 200 | 6 |
| 1959 | United States Grand Prix | — | Midget | 19 | DNF | Clutch | 20 | 0 |
| 1959 | Indianapolis 500 | Watson-Offenhauser | Indy Roadster | 6 | 1 | Finished | 200 | 8 |
| 1958 | Indianapolis 500 | — | Lesovsky | 11 | 20 | Magneto | 93 | 0 |
| 1957 | Indianapolis 500 | — | Lesovsky | 24 | 30 | Compressor | 27 | 0 |
| 1956 | Indianapolis 500 | — | KK500C | 15 | 8 | Finished | 200 | 0 |
| 1955 | Indianapolis 500 | — | Indy Roadster | 30 | 28 | Accident | 53 | 0 |
| 1954 | Indianapolis 500 | — | Pawl | 16 | 22 | Retirement | 172 | 0 |
| 1953 | Indianapolis 500 | — | KK4000 | 10 | 16 | Axle | 177 | 0 |
| 1952 | Indianapolis 500 | — | — | 22 | 23 | Oil pressure | 130 | 0 |
| 1951 | Indianapolis 500 | — | Bromme | 25 | 27 | Oil pipe | 34 | 0 |
Where this comes from
- Born
- —
- Died
- —
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Status
- deceased
- Wins
- 1 derived
- Poles
- 0 derived
- Fastest laps
- 0 derived
- External source
- —
- Confidence
- reference
- Source
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Formula_One_World_Championship
Entries is counted here from the race records, one for every race a driver was entered for, and wins, podiums and poles are counted the same way and checked against the published totals on every build. Starts is counted from those records too: an entry is a start unless the result the source printed says it never was - did not qualify, pre-qualify, start or practise, or excluded before the start - so a pit-lane start counts and so does a retirement on the first lap. The published entry and start figures are a separate count kept for the few drivers who have one, reached by rules this database does not hold. Where a published figure and the counted one disagree, both are shown and neither is corrected.