As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jim Clark · Mike Spence
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
22
—
12
35 shared
Qualifying H2H
32
—
2
35 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
5
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P8
Finished ahead in the standings:
4 · 0
1964
P3
1965
P1
1966
P6
1967
P3
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1963
1
4
1964
8
1
1965
1
1
1966
Career totals
Jim Clark
Mike Spence
Championships
2
0
Wins
25
0
Poles
33
1
Podiums
32
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
274
27
Starts
72
36
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jim Clark
Mike Spence
Win rate
34.7%
0%
Podium rate
44.4%
2.8%
Pole rate
45.8%
2.8%
Points / start
3.8
0.8
Avg grid
P3.6
P9.9
Avg finish
P7.1
P9.8
Finish rate
68.1%
55.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jim Clark
Mike Spence
Mechanical retirements
21
15
Crash retirements
2
1
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
1963
1962 · aged 26
First win
—
1962
First pole
1964
1963 · aged 27
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P3
-3.5
Avg places gained
+0.1
Season points trajectory
Jim Clark
Mike Spence
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jim Clark | Mike Spence |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 4 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 4 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Watkins Glen | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Silverstone Circuit | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Prince George Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Reims-Gueux | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Brands Hatch | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Kyalami | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Charade Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Zeltweg | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Le Mans | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mosport International Raceway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
Team history
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
Mike Spence
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).