As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Rodger Ward · Paul Russo
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3
—
4
7 shared
Qualifying H2H
4
—
3
7 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P10
Best championship
P14
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1953
1
0
1956
Career totals
Rodger Ward
Paul Russo
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
2
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
14
7
Starts
12
8
Rate-adjusted · per start
Rodger Ward
Paul Russo
Win rate
8.3%
0%
Podium rate
16.7%
12.5%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.2
0.9
Avg grid
P16.5
P16.1
Avg finish
P16.8
P13.5
Finish rate
33.3%
62.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Rodger Ward
Paul Russo
Mechanical retirements
6
2
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
P2
-0.3
Avg places gained
+2.6
Season points trajectory
Rodger Ward
Paul Russo
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Rodger Ward | Paul Russo |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Rodger Ward 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2 Paul Russo | ||
Team history
Rodger Ward
Bromme 1951Kurtis Kraft 1952–1953Pawl 1954Kuzma 1955Kurtis Kraft 1956Lesovsky 1957–1958Kurtis Kraft 1959Watson 1959–1960Lotus-BRM 1963
Paul Russo
Nichels 1950Kurtis Kraft 1953–1959
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).