Championship record
1
World titles
2
0
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
5
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alan Jones
Jim Clark
Championships
1
2
Wins
12
25
Poles
6
33
Podiums
24
32
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
206
274
Starts
117
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alan Jones
Jim Clark
Win rate
10.3%
34.7%
Podium rate
20.5%
44.4%
Pole rate
5.1%
45.8%
Points / start
1.8
3.8
Avg grid
P11.5
P3.6
Avg finish
P11.4
P7.1
Finish rate
59%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alan Jones
Jim Clark
Mechanical retirements
31
21
Crash retirements
14
2
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: 3 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
1960
1977 · aged 30
First win
1962 · aged 26
1979
First pole
1962
1980 · aged 33
First title
1963 · aged 27
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-3.5
Season points trajectory
Alan Jones
Jim Clark
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alan Jones | Jim Clark |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 6 · P1 |
| Watkins Glen | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P11 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Brands Hatch | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Mosport International Raceway | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Alan Jones
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19601986
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).