As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
David Piper · John Surtees
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
0
—
1
1 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
1
1 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
2
—
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1960
Career totals
David Piper
John Surtees
Championships
0
1
Wins
0
6
Poles
0
8
Podiums
0
24
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
180
Starts
3
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
David Piper
John Surtees
Win rate
0%
5.4%
Podium rate
0%
21.4%
Pole rate
0%
7.1%
Points / start
0.0
1.6
Avg grid
P22.3
P7.7
Avg finish
P18.3
P10.3
Finish rate
66.7%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
David Piper
John Surtees
Mechanical retirements
1
50
Crash retirements
0
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
1959
Debut season
1960
—
First win
1963 · aged 29
—
First pole
1960
—
First title
1964 · aged 30
P12
Best finish
P1
+4.0
Avg places gained
-2.7
Season points trajectory
David Piper
John Surtees
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | David Piper | John Surtees |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| David Piper 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 3 · P2 John Surtees | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| David Piper 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2 John Surtees | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| David Piper 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — John Surtees | ||
Team history
David Piper
Team Lotus 1959–1960
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
19591972
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).