Jack Brabham

Australian · 1955–1970
VS

Jim Clark

British · 1960–1968
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
1
5
Qualifyingahead
0
6
Jack Brabham · Jim Clark
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
26 42
68 shared
Qualifying H2H
21 47
68 shared
Championship record
3
World titles
2
1
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
5
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 3 · 6
1960 P1 1961 P7 1962 P2 1963 P1 1964 P3 1965 P1 1966 P1 1967 P2 1968 P11
Teammate battle by season
1
4
1962
0
1
1963
Career totals
Jack Brabham Jim Clark
Championships
3
2
Wins
14
25
Poles
13
33
Podiums
31
32
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
261
274
Starts
128
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jack Brabham Jim Clark
Win rate
10.9%
34.7%
Podium rate
24.2%
44.4%
Pole rate
10.2%
45.8%
Points / start
2.0
3.8
Avg grid
P7.4
P3.6
Avg finish
P9.2
P7.1
Finish rate
58.6%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jack Brabham Jim Clark
Mechanical retirements
44
21
Crash retirements
8
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: 1 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1955
Debut season
1960
1959 · aged 33
First win
1962 · aged 26
1959
First pole
1962
1959 · aged 33
First title
1963 · aged 27
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.8
Avg places gained
-3.5
Season points trajectory
1955 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969
Jack Brabham Jim Clark
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jack Brabham Jim Clark
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 4 · P1 4 · 6 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 2 · P1 4 · 4 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 3 · 3 · P1
Watkins Glen 0 · 1 · P3 3 · 4 · P1
Reims-Gueux 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 4 · P2 2 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Brands Hatch 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Aintree 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Prince George Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 2 · P1
Kyalami 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Circuito da Boavista 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Mosport International Raceway 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Charade Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1
Le Mans 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Riverside International Raceway 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P16
Zeltweg 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Jack Brabham
COO
COO
BRA
BRA
Cooper 1955Maserati 1956Cooper 1957–1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1961Lotus-Climax 1962Brabham 1962Lotus-Climax 1963Brabham 1963Brabham-Climax 1964–1965Brabham-Repco 1966–1968Brabham-Ford 1969Brabham 1970
Jim Clark
LOT
LOT
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19551970
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).