As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Rodger Ward · Pat O'Connor
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
2
—
3
5 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
5
5 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
1956
Career totals
Rodger Ward
Pat O'Connor
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
0
1
Podiums
2
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
14
0
Starts
12
5
Rate-adjusted · per start
Rodger Ward
Pat O'Connor
Win rate
8.3%
0%
Podium rate
16.7%
0%
Pole rate
0%
20%
Points / start
1.2
0.0
Avg grid
P16.5
P8.0
Avg finish
P16.8
P16.8
Finish rate
33.3%
60%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Rodger Ward
Pat O'Connor
Mechanical retirements
6
0
Crash retirements
1
2
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
1954
1959 · aged 38
First win
—
—
First pole
1957
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P8
-0.3
Avg places gained
-8.8
Season points trajectory
Rodger Ward
Pat O'Connor
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Rodger Ward | Pat O'Connor |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Rodger Ward 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P8 Pat O'Connor | ||
Team history
Rodger Ward
Bromme 1951Kurtis Kraft 1952–1953Pawl 1954Kuzma 1955Kurtis Kraft 1956Lesovsky 1957–1958Kurtis Kraft 1959Watson 1959–1960Lotus-BRM 1963
Pat O'Connor
Kurtis Kraft 1954–1958
19511963
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).