Championship record
2
World titles
5
1
Runner-up
2
5
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jim Clark
Juan Fangio
Championships
2
5
Wins
25
22
Poles
33
28
Podiums
32
31
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
274
260.64
Starts
72
51
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jim Clark
Juan Fangio
Win rate
34.7%
43.1%
Podium rate
44.4%
60.8%
Pole rate
45.8%
54.9%
Points / start
3.8
5.1
Avg grid
P3.6
P2.0
Avg finish
P7.1
P4.8
Finish rate
68.1%
76.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jim Clark
Juan Fangio
Mechanical retirements
21
12
Crash retirements
2
0
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1960
Debut season
1950
1962 · aged 26
First win
1950 · aged 38
1962
First pole
1950
1963 · aged 27
First title
1951 · aged 40
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.5
Avg places gained
-2.8
Season points trajectory
Jim Clark
Juan Fangio
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jim Clark | Juan Fangio |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 4 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 4 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 3 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Reims-Gueux | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Aintree | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
Team history
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
Juan Fangio
Alfa Romeo 1950–1951Maserati 1953Mercedes 1954Maserati 1954Mercedes 1955Ferrari 1956Maserati 1957–1958
19501968
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).