Jackie Stewart
British · 1965–1973
VS

John Surtees
British · 1960–1972
Race H2H
41 — 27
68 shared
Qualifying H2H
50 — 18
68 shared
Championship record
3
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 5 · 2
1965 P3 1966 P2 1967 P4 1968 P2 1969 P1 1970 P5 1971 P1
Career totals
Jackie Stewart John Surtees
Championships
3
1
Wins
27
6
Poles
17
8
Podiums
43
24
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
360
180
Starts
100
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jackie Stewart John Surtees
Win rate
27%
5.4%
Podium rate
43%
21.4%
Pole rate
17%
7.1%
Points / start
3.6
1.6
Avg grid
P4.5
P7.7
Avg finish
P7.4
P10.3
Finish rate
64%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jackie Stewart John Surtees
Mechanical retirements
33
50
Crash retirements
3
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
1965
Debut season
1960
1965 · aged 26
First win
1963 · aged 29
1969
First pole
1960
1969 · aged 30
First title
1964 · aged 30
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.9
Avg places gained
-2.7
Season points trajectory
1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972
Jackie Stewart John Surtees
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jackie Stewart John Surtees
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Nürburgring 3 · 4 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 3 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 3 · 5 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Watkins Glen 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Kyalami 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Charade Circuit 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Mosport International Raceway 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P11
Montjuïc 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 2 · P1
Jarama 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Circuit Paul Ricard 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P8
Brands Hatch 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Prince George Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Mont-Tremblant 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P5
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P9
Team history
Jackie Stewart
BRM
MAT
TYR
BRM 1965–1967Matra-Ford 1968–1969March 1970Tyrrell 1970–1973
John Surtees
FER
HON
SUR
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
19601973
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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).