Don Freeland F1 Profile & Career Stats

Former Formula 1 Driver

Don Freeland †

F1 career: 1953 - 1960

3rd
Best Finish
6th
Best Quali
1
Podium
1
Points Finish

Driver Profile

CountryUnited States United States
Place of BirthLos Angeles, California
Date of BirthMar 25th 1925
Date of DeathNov 2nd 2007: 82 years old
Season Entries8 (1953–1960)
Car Number73
Best Qualifying6th - 1954 Indianapolis 500
Best Result3rd - 1956 Indianapolis 500
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Full Career Statistics

Drivers' Titles0
Grand Prix Entries8
Grand Prix Starts8
Total Points4.00
Avg. Points per GP0.50
Grand Prix Wins0
Pole Positions0
Avg. GP Grid17.3
GP Podiums1 (12,5%)
GP Fastest Laps0
GP Points Finish1 (12,5%)
Avg. GP Position15.0
GP DNFs4 (50,0%)
Total GP Laps1.311

F1 Career Team History

Watson 1953 Phillips 1954-1956, 1958 Kurtis Kraft 1957, 1959-1960

Key Career Landmarks

Race1953 Indianapolis 500 28 years, 66 days28y, 66d1960 Indianapolis 500 35 years, 66 days35y, 66d
Podium1956 Indianapolis 500 31 years, 66 days31y, 66donce so far
Points finish1956 Indianapolis 500 31 years, 66 days31y, 66donce so far

F1 Career Finishing Positions

3rd 1
7th 2
17th 1
DNF 4
DNF Did Not Finish

Performance Breakdown

Podium Rate
Points Finish Rate
Finish Rate
Stats current as of:

Seasons

Don Freeland Championship Results


65th
1960
54th
1959
30th
1958
51st
1957
13th
1956
47th
1955
34th
1954
80th
1953

 

Don Freeland F1 Seasons Summary

YearTeamEngineGP1st2nd3rdPodPoleLapsFLAvg PtsPoints
1960 United States Kurtis Kraft United States Offenhauser10000012900.000
1959 United States Kurtis Kraft United States Offenhauser10000013600.000
1958 United States Phillips United States Offenhauser10000020000.000
1957 United States Kurtis Kraft United States Offenhauser10000019200.000
1956 United States Phillips United States Offenhauser10011020004.004
1955 United States Phillips United States Offenhauser10000017800.000
1954 United States Phillips United States Offenhauser10000020000.000
1953 United States Watson United States Offenhauser1000007600.000
Races
Podiums

Teammate Comparison

Don Freeland Teammate Stats

Head 2 Head 1960 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesAnthony-Joseph Foyt
P65WDCP68

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P25
Head 2 Head 1960 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesBob Christie
P65WDCP42

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P10
Head 2 Head 1960 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesDempsey Wilson
P65WDCP76

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P33
Head 2 Head 1960 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesEddie Russo
P65WDCP69

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P26
Head 2 Head 1960 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesGene Force
P65WDCP71

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P28
Head 2 Head 1960 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesGene Hartley
P65WDCP57

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P14
Head 2 Head 1960 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesShorty Templeman
P65WDCP60

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P17
Head 2 Head 1959 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesBob Christie
P54WDCP57

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P25
Head 2 Head 1959 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesBobby Grim
P54WDCP58

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P26
Head 2 Head 1959 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesChuck Arnold
P54WDCP46

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P15
Head 2 Head 1959 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesChuck Weyant
P54WDCP60

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P28
Head 2 Head 1959 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesDuane Carter
P54WDCP26

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P7
Head 2 Head 1959 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesEddie Johnson
P54WDCP30

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P8
Head 2 Head 1959 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesJim McWithey
P54WDCP48

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P16
Head 2 Head 1959 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesJimmy Daywalt
P54WDCP45

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P14
Head 2 Head 1959 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesJud Larson
P54WDCP61

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P29
Head 2 Head 1959 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesPaul Russo
P54WDCP33

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P9
Head 2 Head 1959 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesRed Amick
P54WDCP63

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP22P31
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesAl Keller
P51WDCP61

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P27
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesAndy Linden
P51WDCP18

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P5
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesBill Cheesbourg
P51WDCP60

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P26
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesBob Christie
P51WDCP44

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P13
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesDon Edmunds
P51WDCP53

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P19
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesEd Elisian
P51WDCP63

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P29
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesEddie Johnson
P51WDCP59

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P25
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesEddie Russo
P51WDCP66

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P32
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesElmer George
P51WDCP67

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P33
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesFred Agabashian
P51WDCP56

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P22
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesJack Turner
P51WDCP38

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P11
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesJimmy Daywalt
P51WDCP62

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P28
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesJimmy Reece
P51WDCP52

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P18
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesJohnnie Parsons
P51WDCP50

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P16
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesJohnnie Tolan
P51WDCP54

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P20
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesJohnny Boyd
P51WDCP25

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P6
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesMarshall Teague
P51WDCP28

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P7
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesMike Magill
P51WDCP58

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P24
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesPat O'Connor
P51WDCP30

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles01
Wins00
BestP17P8
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesPaul Russo
P51WDCP17

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P4
Head 2 Head 1957 F1 Season
United StatesKurtis KraftFull Comparison
United StatesDon FreelandvsUnited StatesTony Bettenhausen
P51WDCP48

Quali Position

Finish Position

Points
Poles00
Wins00
BestP17P15

Don Freeland — Frequently Asked Questions

When did Don Freeland start racing in Formula 1?
Don Freeland started racing in Formula 1 in 1953.
Is Don Freeland still racing in Formula 1?
Don Freeland passed away in 2007. Last competed in Formula 1 in 1960.
How many F1 podiums does Don Freeland have?
Don Freeland has finished on the podium 1 time in Formula 1.
What nationality is Don Freeland?
Don Freeland is American.
Which teams has Don Freeland driven for in Formula 1?
Don Freeland has driven for Watson, Phillips and Kurtis Kraft in Formula 1.
How many F1 races has Don Freeland entered?
Don Freeland has competed in 8 Formula 1 Grands Prix.