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Roy Salvadori

  • 1952–1962
  • SAL
  • Born 12 May 1922 in Dovercourt
  • Died 3 June 2012
  • Roy Francesco Salvadori

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position12.5
  • Avg finish6.8
  • Retirement rate60%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+100
  • Points scored19
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak2
  • Longest points-scoring streak2
  • TeamsFerrari (1952) · Connaught (1953) · Maserati (1954–1956) · BRM (1957) · Vanwall (1957) · Cooper (1957–1961) · Aston Martin (1959–1960) · Lola (1962)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

The career at a glance

9 1952: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 5 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1954: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1956: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1957: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P18 1958: 9 starts, 2 podiums, 0 wins , championship P4 1959: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1960: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1961: 5 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P17 1962: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1952195419561958196019629 1952: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 5 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1954: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1956: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1957: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P18 1958: 9 starts, 2 podiums, 0 wins , championship P4 1959: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1960: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1961: 5 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P17 1962: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 19521955195819611962
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1952Ferrari10–
1953Connaught50–
1954Maserati20–
1955Maserati10–
1956Maserati30–
1957BRM, Vanwall, Cooper42P18
1958Cooper9215P4
1959Cooper, Aston Martin70–
1960Cooper, Aston Martin30–
1961Cooper52P17
1962Lola70–

Every race

50 entries, 47 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 50 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1952British Grand PrixFerrari19P8
1953Dutch Grand PrixConnaught11DNF
French Grand PrixConnaught19DNF
British Grand PrixConnaught28DNF
German Grand PrixConnaught13DNF
Italian Grand PrixConnaught14DNF
1954French Grand PrixMaserati10DNF
British Grand PrixMaserati7DNF
1955British Grand PrixMaserati20DNF
1956British Grand PrixMaserati7DNF
German Grand PrixMaserati9DNF
Italian Grand PrixMaserati13P11
1957Monaco Grand PrixBRM–DNQ
French Grand PrixVanwall6DNF
British Grand PrixCooper15P52
German Grand PrixCooper14DNF
Pescara Grand PrixCooper15DNF
1958Monaco Grand PrixCooper4DNF
Dutch Grand PrixCooper9P43
Belgian Grand PrixCooper13P8
French Grand PrixCooper14P11
British Grand PrixCooper3P34
German Grand PrixCooper6P26
Portuguese Grand PrixCooper11P9
Italian Grand PrixCooper14P52
Moroccan Grand PrixCooper14P7
1959Monaco Grand PrixCooper8P6
Dutch Grand PrixAston Martin13DNF
French Grand PrixCooper16DNF
British Grand PrixAston Martin2P6
Portuguese Grand PrixAston Martin12P6
Italian Grand PrixAston Martin17DNF
United States Grand PrixCooper11DNF
1960Monaco Grand PrixCooper12DNF
Dutch Grand PrixAston Martin–DNS
British Grand PrixAston Martin13DNF
United States Grand PrixCooper15P8
1961French Grand PrixCooper15P8
British Grand PrixCooper13P61
German Grand PrixCooper15P10
Italian Grand PrixCooper18P61
United States Grand PrixCooper12DNF
1962Dutch Grand PrixLola17DNF
Monaco Grand PrixLola12DNF
French Grand PrixLola14DNF
British Grand PrixLola11DNF
German Grand PrixLola9DNF
Italian Grand PrixLola13DNF
United States Grand PrixLola–DNS
South African Grand PrixLola11DNF

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Jack Brabham1956–19613:57:16+1.17%19 : 25Compare
Maurice Trintignant1958–19616:29:7−0.19%16 : 23Compare
Bruce McLaren1958–19613:54:8+1.12%8 : 32Compare
John Surtees1961–19620:11:11+1.41%2 : 19Compare
Stirling Moss1953–19590:10:7+2.97%0 : 16.1Compare
Ian Burgess1958–19612:05:0−6.11%10 : 0Compare
Masten Gregory1959–19612:03:1−0.49%1 : 0Compare
Jackie Lewis19610:23:1−0.35%2 : 3Compare
Birabongse Bhanudej1953–19540:02:3+0.04%0 : 3Compare
Luigi Villoresi1954–19560:04:1−3.93%0 : 2Compare
Lorenzo Bandini19612:03:0−2.27%2 : 0Compare
Carroll Shelby19591:03:1−0.78%0 : 0Compare
Johnny Claes19530:04:0−10.22%0 : 0Compare
Harry Schell1954–19590:03:1−4.42%0 : 0Compare
Alberto Ascari1952–19540:11:2–0 : 9.1Compare
Kenneth McAlpine19530:03:1−1.16%0 : 0Compare
Jean Behra1955–19560:01:3+2.78%0 : 8Compare
Paco Godia19560:13:0−9.57%0 : 6Compare
Jack Fairman1953–19611:02:1−4.12%1 : 0Compare
Roberto Mieres1954–19550:02:1–0 : 0Compare
Umberto Maglioli19560:01:2+1.10%0 : 0Compare
Horace Gould1955–19560:03:0−3.70%0 : 2Compare
Bruce Halford19560:03:0−5.20%0 : 0Compare
Tony Marsh1957–19581:02:0–6 : 0Compare
Onofre Marimón19540:01:1–0 : 4.1Compare
Ken Wharton19540:02:0–0 : 0Compare
Bernard Collomb19610:02:0–0 : 0Compare
Louis Rosier19560:02:0–0 : 2Compare
Dick Gibson1957–19580:02:0–6 : 0Compare
Brian Naylor1957–19580:02:0–6 : 0Compare
Piero Taruffi19520:10:1–0 : 6Compare
Nino Farina19520:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Peter Whitehead19521:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Rudi Fischer19521:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Bob Gerard19571:01:0–2 : 0Compare
Luigi Piotti19560:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Emmanuel de Graffenried19560:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Gerino Gerini19560:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Renato Pirocchi19611:01:0–1 : 0Compare
Tony Brooks19600:00:2–0 : 3Compare
Robert La Caze19581:01:0–0 : 0Compare
André Guelfi19581:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Phil Hill19600:10:1–0 : 1Compare
Wolfgang von Trips19601:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Pete Lovely19601:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Olivier Gendebien19601:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Henry Taylor19601:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Stuart Lewis-Evans19570:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Colin Davis19590:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Ottorino Volonterio19560:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Paul England19570:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Wolfgang Seidel19580:01:0–6 : 0Compare
Christian Goethals19580:01:0–6 : 0Compare
Peter Hirt19520:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Tony Rolt19530:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Ian Stewart19530:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Ron Flockhart1954–19600:01:0−3.86%0 : 0Compare
Peter Collins19550:01:0–0 : 0Compare
André Simon19550:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Luigi Musso19550:00:1–0 : 2Compare
Lance Macklin19550:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Cesare Perdisa19560:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Massimo Natili19610:01:0–1 : 0Compare
Chris Bristow19600:00:1–0 : 0Compare
François Picard19580:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Tom Bridger19580:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Alejandro de Tomaso19590:01:0–0 : 0Compare
George Constantine19590:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Walt Hansgen19610:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Roger Penske19610:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Hap Sharp19610:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Jo Bonnier19560:00:0–0 : 0Compare

Green: Roy Salvadori came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.

Strongest circuits

Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.

CircuitStartsWinsPodiumsAvg finish
Silverstone615.5
Nürburgring616
Monza67.3
Reims-Gueux59.5
Aintree55.7
Zandvoort44
Monaco46
Rouen-Les-Essarts2–