As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jack Brabham · John Surtees
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
46
—
48
94 shared
Qualifying H2H
50
—
43
93 shared
Championship record
3
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
6 · 5
1960
P1
1961
P11
1962
P4
1963
P4
1964
P1
1965
P5
1966
P1
1967
P2
1968
P8
1969
P10
1970
P6
Teammate battle by season
5
3
1961
Career totals
Jack Brabham
John Surtees
Championships
3
1
Wins
14
6
Poles
13
8
Podiums
31
24
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
261
180
Starts
128
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jack Brabham
John Surtees
Win rate
10.9%
5.4%
Podium rate
24.2%
21.4%
Pole rate
10.2%
7.1%
Points / start
2.0
1.6
Avg grid
P7.4
P7.7
Avg finish
P9.2
P10.3
Finish rate
58.6%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jack Brabham
John Surtees
Mechanical retirements
44
50
Crash retirements
8
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: 1 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1955
Debut season
1960
1959 · aged 33
First win
1963 · aged 29
1959
First pole
1960
1959 · aged 33
First title
1964 · aged 30
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.8
Avg places gained
-2.7
Season points trajectory
Jack Brabham
John Surtees
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jack Brabham | John Surtees |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Reims-Gueux | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 4 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Brands Hatch | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Kyalami | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Aintree | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Mosport International Raceway | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Circuito da Boavista | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Charade Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Prince George Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit Mont-Tremblant | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Montjuïc | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Riverside International Raceway | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Zeltweg | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P9 |
Team history
Jack Brabham
Cooper 1955Maserati 1956Cooper 1957–1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1961Lotus-Climax 1962Brabham 1962Lotus-Climax 1963Brabham 1963Brabham-Climax 1964–1965Brabham-Repco 1966–1968Brabham-Ford 1969Brabham 1970
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
19551972
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).