As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Rodger Ward · Pat Flaherty
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3
—
2
5 shared
Qualifying H2H
3
—
2
5 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P10
Best championship
P5
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1959
Career totals
Rodger Ward
Pat Flaherty
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
1
Poles
0
1
Podiums
2
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
14
8
Starts
12
6
Rate-adjusted · per start
Rodger Ward
Pat Flaherty
Win rate
8.3%
16.7%
Podium rate
16.7%
16.7%
Pole rate
0%
16.7%
Points / start
1.2
1.3
Avg grid
P16.5
P15.7
Avg finish
P16.8
P15.0
Finish rate
33.3%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Rodger Ward
Pat Flaherty
Mechanical retirements
6
0
Crash retirements
1
3
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
1956 · aged 30
—
First pole
1956
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.3
Avg places gained
+0.7
Season points trajectory
Rodger Ward
Pat Flaherty
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Rodger Ward | Pat Flaherty |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Rodger Ward 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1 Pat Flaherty | ||
Team history
Rodger Ward
Bromme 1951Kurtis Kraft 1952–1953Pawl 1954Kuzma 1955Kurtis Kraft 1956Lesovsky 1957–1958Kurtis Kraft 1959Watson 1959–1960Lotus-BRM 1963
Pat Flaherty
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).