Championship record
1
World titles
2
1
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
5
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jacques Villeneuve
Jim Clark
Championships
1
2
Wins
11
25
Poles
13
33
Podiums
23
32
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
235
274
Starts
165
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jacques Villeneuve
Jim Clark
Win rate
6.7%
34.7%
Podium rate
13.9%
44.4%
Pole rate
7.9%
45.8%
Points / start
1.4
3.8
Avg grid
P9.1
P3.6
Avg finish
P10.3
P7.1
Finish rate
66.7%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jacques Villeneuve
Jim Clark
Overtakes
1,120
0
Overtakes / race
7.0
0.0
Places lost
870
0
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Jacques Villeneuve
Jim Clark
Mechanical retirements
38
21
Crash retirements
17
2
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1996
Debut season
1960
1996 · aged 25
First win
1962 · aged 26
1996
First pole
1962
1997 · aged 26
First title
1963 · aged 27
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.1
Avg places gained
-3.5
Season points trajectory
Jacques Villeneuve
Jim Clark
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jacques Villeneuve | Jim Clark |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
Team history
Jacques Villeneuve
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19602006
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).