Race H2H
62
—
48
110 shared
Qualifying H2H
63
—
46
109 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
1
3
Runner-up
1
5
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
6 · 6
1960
P12
1961
P12
1962
P1
1963
P2
1964
P1
1965
P2
1966
P2
1967
P4
1968
P1
1969
P7
1970
P13
1971
P19
Career totals
Graham Hill
John Surtees
Championships
2
1
Wins
14
6
Poles
13
8
Podiums
36
24
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
289
180
Starts
177
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Graham Hill
John Surtees
Win rate
7.9%
5.4%
Podium rate
20.3%
21.4%
Pole rate
7.3%
7.1%
Points / start
1.6
1.6
Avg grid
P10.3
P7.7
Avg finish
P10.0
P10.3
Finish rate
58.2%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Graham Hill
John Surtees
Mechanical retirements
58
50
Crash retirements
13
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: 3 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1958
Debut season
1960
1962 · aged 33
First win
1963 · aged 29
1962
First pole
1960
1962 · aged 33
First title
1964 · aged 30
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.4
Avg places gained
-2.7
Season points trajectory
Graham Hill
John Surtees
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Graham Hill | John Surtees |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 5 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Watkins Glen | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Prince George Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Jarama | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Aintree | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Charade Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Mosport International Raceway | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Montjuïc | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit Mont-Tremblant | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuito da Boavista | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Riverside International Raceway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Zeltweg | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P9 |
Team history
Graham Hill
Team Lotus 1958–1959BRM 1960–1966Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1969Team Lotus 1970Brabham 1971–1972Shadow 1973Lola 1974–1975
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
19581975
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).