Rodger Ward

American · 1951–1963
VS

Hap Sharp

American · 1961–1964
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
1
0
Qualifyingahead
1
0
Rodger Ward · Hap Sharp
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1 0
1 shared
Qualifying H2H
1 0
1 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
1963
Career totals
Rodger Ward Hap Sharp
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
2
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
14
0
Starts
12
6
Rate-adjusted · per start
Rodger Ward Hap Sharp
Win rate
8.3%
0%
Podium rate
16.7%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.2
0.0
Avg grid
P16.5
P17.2
Avg finish
P16.8
P11.7
Finish rate
33.3%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Rodger Ward Hap Sharp
Mechanical retirements
6
0
Crash retirements
1
0
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 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1951
Debut season
1961
1959 · aged 38
First win
First pole
First title
P1
Best finish
P7
-0.3
Avg places gained
+5.5
Season points trajectory
1951 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961 1963
Rodger Ward Hap Sharp
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Rodger Ward Hap Sharp
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P10
Rodger Ward 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P10 Hap Sharp
Team history
Rodger Ward
KUR
LES
WAT
Bromme 1951Kurtis Kraft 1952–1953Pawl 1954Kuzma 1955Kurtis Kraft 1956Lesovsky 1957–1958Kurtis Kraft 1959Watson 1959–1960Lotus-BRM 1963
Hap Sharp
COO
Cooper-Climax 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963Brabham-BRM 1964
19511964
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).