Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
5
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jim Clark
Mike Hawthorn
Championships
2
1
Wins
25
3
Poles
33
4
Podiums
32
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
274
124.64
Starts
72
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jim Clark
Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
34.7%
6.5%
Podium rate
44.4%
37%
Pole rate
45.8%
8.7%
Points / start
3.8
2.7
Avg grid
P3.6
P5.8
Avg finish
P7.1
P7.1
Finish rate
68.1%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jim Clark
Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
21
10
Crash retirements
2
1
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
1952
1962 · aged 26
First win
1953 · aged 24
1962
First pole
1958
1963 · aged 27
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.5
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
Jim Clark
Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jim Clark | Mike Hawthorn |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 4 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 4 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Reims-Gueux | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Aintree | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuito da Boavista | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P4 |
Team history
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
Mike Hawthorn
19521968
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).