As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Derek Bell · John Surtees
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
2
—
3
5 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
5
5 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
2
P25
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 1
1970
P18
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1970
0
1
1971
Career totals
Derek Bell
John Surtees
Championships
0
1
Wins
0
6
Poles
0
8
Podiums
0
24
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
1
180
Starts
9
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Derek Bell
John Surtees
Win rate
0%
5.4%
Podium rate
0%
21.4%
Pole rate
0%
7.1%
Points / start
0.1
1.6
Avg grid
P18.7
P7.7
Avg finish
P18.2
P10.3
Finish rate
22.2%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Derek Bell
John Surtees
Mechanical retirements
7
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
1968
Debut season
1960
—
First win
1963 · aged 29
—
First pole
1960
—
First title
1964 · aged 30
P6
Best finish
P1
+0.4
Avg places gained
-2.7
Season points trajectory
Derek Bell
John Surtees
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Derek Bell | John Surtees |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P11 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Derek Bell 0 · 0 · P11 2 · 4 · P1 John Surtees | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Derek Bell 0 · 0 · — 2 · 2 · P1 John Surtees | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Derek Bell 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1 John Surtees | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Derek Bell 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 4 · P2 John Surtees | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Derek Bell 0 · 0 · — 0 · 3 · P2 John Surtees | ||
Team history
Derek Bell
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
19601974
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).