Alan Jones

Australian · 1975–1986
VS

Jochen Rindt

Austrian · 1964–1970
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alan Jones Jochen Rindt
Championships
1
1
Wins
12
6
Poles
6
10
Podiums
24
13
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
206
109
Starts
117
61
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alan Jones Jochen Rindt
Win rate
10.3%
9.8%
Podium rate
20.5%
21.3%
Pole rate
5.1%
16.4%
Points / start
1.8
1.8
Avg grid
P11.5
P6.5
Avg finish
P11.4
P9.9
Finish rate
59%
42.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alan Jones Jochen Rindt
Mechanical retirements
31
30
Crash retirements
14
4
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
1964
1977 · aged 30
First win
1969 · aged 27
1979
First pole
1968
1980 · aged 33
First title
1970 · aged 28
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-3.2
Season points trajectory
1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985
Alan Jones Jochen Rindt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alan Jones Jochen Rindt
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Watkins Glen 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Red Bull Ring 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Hockenheimring 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Brands Hatch 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 2 · P3
Kyalami 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P2
Mosport International Raceway 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P4
Jarama 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · —
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Montjuïc 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Alan Jones
WIL
Hesketh 1975Embassy Hill 1975Surtees 1976Shadow 1977Williams 1978–1981Arrows 1983Lola 1985–1986
Jochen Rindt
19641986
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).