As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jim Clark · Olivier Gendebien
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
4
—
5
9 shared
Qualifying H2H
4
—
3
7 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
5
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P6
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 1
1960
P6
1961
P7
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1961
Career totals
Jim Clark
Olivier Gendebien
Championships
2
0
Wins
25
0
Poles
33
0
Podiums
32
2
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
274
18
Starts
72
16
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jim Clark
Olivier Gendebien
Win rate
34.7%
0%
Podium rate
44.4%
12.5%
Pole rate
45.8%
0%
Points / start
3.8
1.1
Avg grid
P3.6
P8.6
Avg finish
P7.1
P11.3
Finish rate
68.1%
81.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jim Clark
Olivier Gendebien
Mechanical retirements
21
2
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
1956
1962 · aged 26
First win
—
1962
First pole
—
1963 · aged 27
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P2
-3.5
Avg places gained
+0.1
Season points trajectory
Jim Clark
Olivier Gendebien
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jim Clark | Olivier Gendebien |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 4 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Jim Clark 4 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P3 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Watkins Glen | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Jim Clark 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P11 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Jim Clark 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P9 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Jim Clark 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Jim Clark 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P6 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Aintree | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Jim Clark 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · — Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Circuito da Boavista | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Jim Clark 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Riverside International Raceway | 0 · 0 · P16 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Jim Clark 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P12 Olivier Gendebien | ||
Team history
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
Olivier Gendebien
19561968
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).