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Tony Maggs

  • 1961–1965
  • MAG
  • Born 9 February 1937 in Pretoria
  • Died 2 June 2009
  • Anthony Francis O'Connell Maggs

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position13.1
  • Avg finish6.7
  • Retirement rate28%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+116
  • Points scored26
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak1
  • Longest points-scoring streak2
  • TeamsLotus (1961, 1965) · Cooper (1962–1963) · BRM (1964)

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

10 1961: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1962: 9 starts, 2 podiums, 0 wins , championship P7 1963: 10 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins , championship P8 1964: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P12 1965: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1961196219631964196510 1961: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1962: 9 starts, 2 podiums, 0 wins , championship P7 1963: 10 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins , championship P8 1964: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P12 1965: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 196119631965
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1961Lotus20–
1962Cooper9213P7
1963Cooper1019P8
1964BRM34P12
1965Lotus10–

Every race

27 entries, 25 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 27 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1961British Grand PrixLotus24P13
German Grand PrixLotus22P11
1962Dutch Grand PrixCooper15P52
Monaco Grand PrixCooper16DNF
Belgian Grand PrixCooper10DNF
French Grand PrixCooper11P26
British Grand PrixCooper13P61
German Grand PrixCooper23P9
Italian Grand PrixCooper12P7
United States Grand PrixCooper10P7
South African Grand PrixCooper6P34
1963Monaco Grand PrixCooper10P52
Belgian Grand PrixCooper4P7
Dutch Grand PrixCooper9DNF
French Grand PrixCooper8P26
British Grand PrixCooper7P9
German Grand PrixCooper10DNF
Italian Grand PrixCooper13P61
United States Grand PrixCooper10DNF
Mexican Grand PrixCooper13DNF
South African Grand PrixCooper10P7
1964Dutch Grand PrixBRM15DNS
Belgian Grand PrixBRM–DNS
British Grand PrixBRM23DNF
German Grand PrixBRM16P61
Austrian Grand PrixBRM19P43
1965South African Grand PrixLotus13P11

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
Bruce McLaren1962–19632:93:16+2.01%22 : 49Compare
Jo Bonnier19632:27:3−0.68%9 : 6Compare
Jackie Lewis19622:03:1−3.38%9 : 0Compare
Ian Burgess1961–19623:02:1−1.57%1 : 0Compare
Richie Ginther19641:10:3+3.19%4 : 6Compare
Jim Clark1961–19650:20:3+6.04%0 : 12Compare
Graham Hill19640:10:3+6.13%4 : 12Compare
Giancarlo Baghetti19641:01:2+0.08%4 : 0Compare
John Love1962–19632:02:0–4 : 0Compare
Wolfgang Seidel19611:01:1–0 : 0Compare
Innes Ireland19610:10:2–0 : 0Compare
Stirling Moss19610:10:2–0 : 9Compare
Tony Marsh19611:01:1–0 : 0Compare
Gerry Ashmore19611:02:0–0 : 0Compare
Maurice Trintignant19640:10:1–1 : 2Compare
Trevor Blokdyk19631:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Mike Spence19650:10:1–0 : 3Compare
Hap Sharp19621:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Bernard Collomb19620:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Mário de Araújo Cabral19630:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Lucien Bianchi19610:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Tim Parnell19610:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Henry Taylor19610:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Mike Harris19620:01:0–4 : 0Compare
Timmy Mayer19620:01:0–0 : 0Compare

Green: Tony Maggs 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
Nürburgring48.7
Prince George317
Aintree29.5
Zandvoort25
Monaco25
Spa-Francorchamps27
Monza26.5
Watkins Glen27