Championship record
2
World titles
2
1
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
5
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alberto Ascari
Jim Clark
Championships
2
2
Wins
13
25
Poles
13
33
Podiums
15
32
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
134.14
274
Starts
32
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alberto Ascari
Jim Clark
Win rate
40.6%
34.7%
Podium rate
46.9%
44.4%
Pole rate
40.6%
45.8%
Points / start
4.2
3.8
Avg grid
P3.9
P3.6
Avg finish
P8.5
P7.1
Finish rate
59.4%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alberto Ascari
Jim Clark
Mechanical retirements
10
21
Crash retirements
3
2
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1960
1951 · aged 33
First win
1962 · aged 26
1951
First pole
1962
1952 · aged 34
First title
1963 · aged 27
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.6
Avg places gained
-3.5
Season points trajectory
Alberto Ascari
Jim Clark
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alberto Ascari | Jim Clark |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 3 · P1 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
Team history
Alberto Ascari
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19501968
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).