Alberto Ascari
Italian · 1950–1955
VS

John Surtees
British · 1960–1972
Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alberto Ascari John Surtees
Championships
2
1
Wins
13
6
Poles
13
8
Podiums
15
24
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
134.14
180
Starts
32
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alberto Ascari John Surtees
Win rate
40.6%
5.4%
Podium rate
46.9%
21.4%
Pole rate
40.6%
7.1%
Points / start
4.2
1.6
Avg grid
P3.9
P7.7
Avg finish
P8.5
P10.3
Finish rate
59.4%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alberto Ascari John Surtees
Mechanical retirements
10
50
Crash retirements
3
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: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1960
1951 · aged 33
First win
1963 · aged 29
1951
First pole
1960
1952 · aged 34
First title
1964 · aged 30
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.6
Avg places gained
-2.7
Season points trajectory
1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971
Alberto Ascari John Surtees
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alberto Ascari John Surtees
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Rouen-Les-Essarts 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Reims-Gueux 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Alberto Ascari
FER
Ferrari 1950–1954Maserati 1954Lancia 1954–1955
John Surtees
FER
SUR
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
19501972
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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).