As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jim Clark · Michael May
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
4
—
0
4 shared
Qualifying H2H
2
—
0
2 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
5
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
4
0
1961
Career totals
Jim Clark
Michael May
Championships
2
0
Wins
25
0
Poles
33
0
Podiums
32
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
274
0
Starts
72
4
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jim Clark
Michael May
Win rate
34.7%
0%
Podium rate
44.4%
0%
Pole rate
45.8%
0%
Points / start
3.8
0.0
Avg grid
P3.6
P18.0
Avg finish
P7.1
P23.3
Finish rate
68.1%
75%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jim Clark
Michael May
Mechanical retirements
21
1
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
1961
1962 · aged 26
First win
—
1962
First pole
—
1963 · aged 27
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P11
-3.5
Avg places gained
+5.5
Season points trajectory
Jim Clark
Michael May
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jim Clark | Michael May |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Jim Clark 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — Michael May | ||
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Jim Clark 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — Michael May | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Jim Clark 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P11 Michael May | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Jim Clark 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · — Michael May | ||
Team history
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
Michael May
Lotus-Climax 1961
19601968
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).