Bobby Rahal (born 10 January 1953) is an American former auto racing driver and team owner. Rahal held managerial positions with the Jaguar Formula 1 team.
In 2000, Rahal joined the Jaguar Formula One team in a managerial capacity. During this time, Rahal attempted to hire championship-winning aerodynamicist Adrian Newey, briefly believing that the deal had been completed, but was unsuccessful. However, Rahal was fired after reportedly attempting to sell driver Eddie Irvine to rivals Jordan. Ironically, the team fired Irvine little more than a year after firing Rahal, while Newey joined in 2006, a year after the team was sold to Red Bull.
Formula One Career[]
Formula One Statistcal Overview[]
Formula One Record[]
Year | Entrant | Team | WDC Pts. | WDC Pos. | Report |
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1978 | Wolf-Ford Cosworth | 0 | NC | Report |
Career Statistics[]
Career Results[]
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Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts | Pos | |||||||
1978 | 0 | NC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12th | Ret |
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Symbol | Meaning | Symbol | Meaning | ||
1st | Winner | Ret | Retired | ||
2nd | Podium finish | DSQ | Disqualified | ||
3rd | DNQ | Did not qualify | |||
5th | Points finish | DNPQ | Did not pre-qualify | ||
14th | Non-points finish | TD | Test driver | ||
Italics | Fastest Lap | DNS | Did not start | ||
18th† | Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance) | NC | Non-classified finish (<90% race distance) | ||
4thP | Qualified for pole position | [+] More Symbols |
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Personnel Ben Agathangelou · John Allison · Niki Lauda · Steve Nichols · David Pitchforth · Tony Purnell · Bobby Rahal · Guenther Steiner | |||||
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Cars R1 · R2 · R3 · R4 · R5 | |||||