Alan Jones
Australian · 1975–1986
VS

John Surtees
British · 1960–1972
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alan Jones John Surtees
Championships
1
1
Wins
12
6
Poles
6
8
Podiums
24
24
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
206
180
Starts
117
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alan Jones John Surtees
Win rate
10.3%
5.4%
Podium rate
20.5%
21.4%
Pole rate
5.1%
7.1%
Points / start
1.8
1.6
Avg grid
P11.5
P7.7
Avg finish
P11.4
P10.3
Finish rate
59%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alan Jones John Surtees
Mechanical retirements
31
50
Crash retirements
14
5
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
1960
1977 · aged 30
First win
1963 · aged 29
1979
First pole
1960
1980 · aged 33
First title
1964 · aged 30
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-2.7
Season points trajectory
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984
Alan Jones John Surtees
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alan Jones John Surtees
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P5 2 · 4 · P1
Red Bull Ring 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Watkins Glen 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Brands Hatch 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Hockenheimring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit Paul Ricard 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P8
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Kyalami 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Jarama 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · —
Mosport International Raceway 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P11
Montjuïc 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Team history
Alan Jones
WIL
Hesketh 1975Embassy Hill 1975Surtees 1976Shadow 1977Williams 1978–1981Arrows 1983Lola 1985–1986
John Surtees
FER
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
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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).