As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Rodger Ward · Gene Hartley
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
6
—
1
7 shared
Qualifying H2H
5
—
2
7 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P10
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1952
1
0
1953
0
1
1957
Career totals
Rodger Ward
Gene Hartley
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
2
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
14
0
Starts
12
8
Rate-adjusted · per start
Rodger Ward
Gene Hartley
Win rate
8.3%
0%
Podium rate
16.7%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.2
0.0
Avg grid
P16.5
P18.5
Avg finish
P16.8
P17.6
Finish rate
33.3%
75%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Rodger Ward
Gene Hartley
Mechanical retirements
6
1
Crash retirements
1
1
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 1 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1951
Debut season
1950
1959 · aged 38
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P10
-0.3
Avg places gained
+0.9
Season points trajectory
Rodger Ward
Gene Hartley
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Rodger Ward | Gene Hartley |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Rodger Ward 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P10 Gene Hartley | ||
Team history
Rodger Ward
Bromme 1951Kurtis Kraft 1952–1953Pawl 1954Kuzma 1955Kurtis Kraft 1956Lesovsky 1957–1958Kurtis Kraft 1959Watson 1959–1960Lotus-BRM 1963
Gene Hartley
19501963
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).