Jim Clark

British · 1960–1968
VS

Phil Hill

American · 1958–1964
Race H2H
22 15
37 shared
Qualifying H2H
25 9
34 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
5
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 2 · 2
1960 P5 1961 P1 1962 P2 1964 P3
Career totals
Jim Clark Phil Hill
Championships
2
1
Wins
25
3
Poles
33
6
Podiums
32
16
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
274
98
Starts
72
51
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jim Clark Phil Hill
Win rate
34.7%
5.9%
Podium rate
44.4%
31.4%
Pole rate
45.8%
11.8%
Points / start
3.8
1.9
Avg grid
P3.6
P9.0
Avg finish
P7.1
P9.1
Finish rate
68.1%
70.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jim Clark Phil Hill
Mechanical retirements
21
11
Crash retirements
2
3
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
1958
1962 · aged 26
First win
1960 · aged 33
1962
First pole
1960
1963 · aged 27
First title
1961 · aged 34
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.5
Avg places gained
+0.9
Season points trajectory
1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968
Jim Clark Phil Hill
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jim Clark Phil Hill
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 4 · 4 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 4 · 6 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 2 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Watkins Glen 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Silverstone Circuit 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Reims-Gueux 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Aintree 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Brands Hatch 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 3 · P2
Circuito da Boavista 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7
Riverside International Raceway 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P6
Zeltweg 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Jim Clark
LOT
LOT
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
Phil Hill
FER
FER
Ferrari 1958Maserati 1958Ferrari 1959–1960Cooper-Climax 1960Ferrari 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963ATS 1963Cooper-Climax 1964
19581968
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).