Championship record
1
World titles
2
2
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
5
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Damon Hill
Jim Clark
Championships
1
2
Wins
22
25
Poles
20
33
Podiums
42
32
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
360
274
Starts
116
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill
Jim Clark
Win rate
19%
34.7%
Podium rate
36.2%
44.4%
Pole rate
17.2%
45.8%
Points / start
3.1
3.8
Avg grid
P6.1
P3.6
Avg finish
P8.9
P7.1
Finish rate
68.1%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill
Jim Clark
Overtakes
342
0
Overtakes / race
5.6
0.0
Places lost
287
0
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Damon Hill
Jim Clark
Mechanical retirements
18
21
Crash retirements
18
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: 1 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1992
Debut season
1960
1993 · aged 32
First win
1962 · aged 26
1993
First pole
1962
1996 · aged 36
First title
1963 · aged 27
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-3.5
Season points trajectory
Damon Hill
Jim Clark
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Damon Hill | Jim Clark |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 4 · P1 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
Team history
Damon Hill
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19601999
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).