Fernando Alonso
Spanish · 2001–2026
VS

John Surtees
British · 1960–1972
Championship record
2
World titles
1
3
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Fernando Alonso John Surtees
Championships
2
1
Wins
32
6
Poles
22
8
Podiums
106
24
Fastest laps
25
0
Career points
2,381
180
Starts
438
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Fernando Alonso John Surtees
Win rate
7.3%
5.4%
Podium rate
24.2%
21.4%
Pole rate
5%
7.1%
Points / start
5.4
1.6
Avg grid
P9.0
P7.7
Avg finish
P8.9
P10.3
Finish rate
82.6%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Fernando Alonso John Surtees
Overtakes
3,478
0
Overtakes / race
8.1
0.0
Places lost
3,192
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
Fernando Alonso John Surtees
Mechanical retirements
45
50
Crash retirements
18
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: 13 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2001
Debut season
1960
2003 · aged 22
First win
1963 · aged 29
2003
First pole
1960
2005 · aged 24
First title
1964 · aged 30
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-2.7
Season points trajectory
1960 1969 1978 1987 1996 2005 2014 2023
Fernando Alonso John Surtees
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Fernando Alonso John Surtees
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 6 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 2 · 4 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Hockenheimring 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 6 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 3 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P9 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · —
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P8
Team history
Fernando Alonso
Minardi 2001Renault 2003–2006McLaren 2007Renault 2008–2009Ferrari 2010–2014McLaren 2015–2018Alpine F1 Team 2021–2022Aston Martin 2023–2026
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
19602026
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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).