Jim Clark
British · 1960–1968
VS

Nigel Mansell
British · 1980–1995
Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
3
5
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jim Clark Nigel Mansell
Championships
2
1
Wins
25
31
Poles
33
32
Podiums
32
59
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
274
482
Starts
72
190
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jim Clark Nigel Mansell
Win rate
34.7%
16.3%
Podium rate
44.4%
31.1%
Pole rate
45.8%
16.8%
Points / start
3.8
2.5
Avg grid
P3.6
P6.4
Avg finish
P7.1
P11.1
Finish rate
68.1%
54.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jim Clark Nigel Mansell
Mechanical retirements
21
54
Crash retirements
2
25
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 · 7
Milestones & racecraft
1960
Debut season
1980
1962 · aged 26
First win
1985 · aged 32
1962
First pole
1984
1963 · aged 27
First title
1992 · aged 39
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.5
Avg places gained
-4.5
Season points trajectory
1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995
Jim Clark Nigel Mansell
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jim Clark Nigel Mansell
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 3 · 3 · P1 3 · 5 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 4 · 4 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 4 · 6 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Brands Hatch 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Kyalami 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P2
Team history
Jim Clark
LOT
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
Nigel Mansell
TEA
Team Lotus 1980–1984Williams 1985–1988Ferrari 1989–1990Williams 1991–1992Williams 1994McLaren 1995
19601995
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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).