As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jimmy Bryan · Johnny Thomson
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
5
—
3
8 shared
Qualifying H2H
5
—
3
8 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P10
Best championship
P12
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1955
1
0
1956
1
0
1957
Career totals
Jimmy Bryan
Johnny Thomson
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
0
1
Podiums
3
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
18
10
Starts
9
8
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jimmy Bryan
Johnny Thomson
Win rate
11.1%
0%
Podium rate
33.3%
12.5%
Pole rate
0%
12.5%
Points / start
2.0
1.3
Avg grid
P15.2
P17.4
Avg finish
P13.4
P16.9
Finish rate
77.8%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jimmy Bryan
Johnny Thomson
Mechanical retirements
2
2
Crash retirements
0
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
1952
Debut season
1953
1958 · aged 32
First win
—
—
First pole
1959
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P3
+1.8
Avg places gained
+0.5
Season points trajectory
Jimmy Bryan
Johnny Thomson
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jimmy Bryan | Johnny Thomson |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Jimmy Bryan 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P3 Johnny Thomson | ||
Team history
Jimmy Bryan
Johnny Thomson
19521960
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).