Championship record
2
World titles
2
2
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
5
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Emerson Fittipaldi
Jim Clark
Championships
2
2
Wins
14
25
Poles
6
33
Podiums
35
32
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
281
274
Starts
146
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
Emerson Fittipaldi
Jim Clark
Win rate
9.6%
34.7%
Podium rate
24%
44.4%
Pole rate
4.1%
45.8%
Points / start
1.9
3.8
Avg grid
P11.9
P3.6
Avg finish
P10.8
P7.1
Finish rate
66.4%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Emerson Fittipaldi
Jim Clark
Mechanical retirements
39
21
Crash retirements
5
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: 5 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1970
Debut season
1960
1970 · aged 23
First win
1962 · aged 26
1972
First pole
1962
1972 · aged 25
First title
1963 · aged 27
P1
Best finish
P1
+1.2
Avg places gained
-3.5
Season points trajectory
Emerson Fittipaldi
Jim Clark
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Emerson Fittipaldi | Jim Clark |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 4 · 6 · P1 |
| Watkins Glen | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Brands Hatch | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Mosport International Raceway | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Charade Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
Team history
Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus 1970Lotus-Ford 1971Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 1971Team Lotus 1972–1973McLaren 1974–1975Fittipaldi 1976–1980
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19601980
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).