As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jim Clark · John Surtees
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
46
—
19
65 shared
Qualifying H2H
50
—
15
65 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
1
5
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
6 · 3
1960
P10
1961
P7
1962
P2
1963
P1
1964
P1
1965
P1
1966
P2
1967
P3
1968
P8
Teammate battle by season
2
1
1960
Career totals
Jim Clark
John Surtees
Championships
2
1
Wins
25
6
Poles
33
8
Podiums
32
24
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
274
180
Starts
72
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jim Clark
John Surtees
Win rate
34.7%
5.4%
Podium rate
44.4%
21.4%
Pole rate
45.8%
7.1%
Points / start
3.8
1.6
Avg grid
P3.6
P7.7
Avg finish
P7.1
P10.3
Finish rate
68.1%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jim Clark
John Surtees
Mechanical retirements
21
50
Crash retirements
2
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
1960
Debut season
1960
1962 · aged 26
First win
1963 · aged 29
1962
First pole
1960
1963 · aged 27
First title
1964 · aged 30
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.5
Avg places gained
-2.7
Season points trajectory
Jim Clark
John Surtees
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jim Clark | John Surtees |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 4 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 4 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Watkins Glen | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Prince George Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Kyalami | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Reims-Gueux | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Brands Hatch | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Aintree | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Charade Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuito da Boavista | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Mosport International Raceway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Riverside International Raceway | 0 · 0 · P16 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Zeltweg | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
19601972
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).