As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Ian Burgess · John Surtees
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3
—
14
17 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
9
9 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
1961
Career totals
Ian Burgess
John Surtees
Championships
0
1
Wins
0
6
Poles
0
8
Podiums
0
24
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
180
Starts
24
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ian Burgess
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
P18.7
P7.7
Avg finish
P16.8
P10.3
Finish rate
70.8%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ian Burgess
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
1958
Debut season
1960
—
First win
1963 · aged 29
—
First pole
1960
—
First title
1964 · aged 30
P6
Best finish
P1
+4.9
Avg places gained
-2.7
Season points trajectory
Ian Burgess
John Surtees
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ian Burgess | John Surtees |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Ian Burgess 0 · 0 · P7 2 · 4 · P1 John Surtees | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P14 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Ian Burgess 0 · 0 · P14 2 · 2 · P1 John Surtees | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Ian Burgess 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1 John Surtees | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Ian Burgess 0 · 0 · — 0 · 3 · P2 John Surtees | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Ian Burgess 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2 John Surtees | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Ian Burgess 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P2 John Surtees | ||
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Ian Burgess 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2 John Surtees | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Ian Burgess 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 John Surtees | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Ian Burgess 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · — John Surtees | ||
| Riverside International Raceway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Ian Burgess 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — John Surtees | ||
Team history
Ian Burgess
Cooper 1958Cooper-Maserati 1959–1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lotus-Climax 1961Cooper-Climax 1962Scirocco 1963
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
19581972
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).