Jim Clark

British · 1960–1968
VS

Kimi Räikkönen

Finnish · 2001–2021
Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
2
5
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jim Clark Kimi Räikkönen
Championships
2
1
Wins
25
21
Poles
33
18
Podiums
32
103
Fastest laps
0
42
Career points
274
1,873
Starts
72
352
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jim Clark Kimi Räikkönen
Win rate
34.7%
6%
Podium rate
44.4%
29.3%
Pole rate
45.8%
5.1%
Points / start
3.8
5.3
Avg grid
P3.6
P7.6
Avg finish
P7.1
P8.5
Finish rate
68.1%
81.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jim Clark Kimi Räikkönen
Overtakes
0
2,703
Overtakes / race
0.0
8.0
Places lost
0
2,441
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
Jim Clark Kimi Räikkönen
Mechanical retirements
21
45
Crash retirements
2
21
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
2001
1962 · aged 26
First win
2003 · aged 23
1962
First pole
2003
1963 · aged 27
First title
2007 · aged 28
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.5
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
1960 1968 1976 1984 1992 2000 2008 2016
Jim Clark Kimi Räikkönen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jim Clark Kimi Räikkönen
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 4 · 4 · P1 4 · 5 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 3 · 3 · P1 1 · 7 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P3
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 4 · P1
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Team history
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
Kimi Räikkönen
Sauber 2001McLaren 2002–2006Ferrari 2007–2009Lotus F1 2012–2013Ferrari 2014–2018Alfa Romeo 2019–2021
19602021
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).