As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jochen Rindt · John Surtees
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
25
—
29
54 shared
Qualifying H2H
27
—
26
53 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 4
1965
P5
1966
P2
1967
P4
1968
P8
1969
P4
1970
P1
Teammate battle by season
4
3
1966
Career totals
Jochen Rindt
John Surtees
Championships
1
1
Wins
6
6
Poles
10
8
Podiums
13
24
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
109
180
Starts
61
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jochen Rindt
John Surtees
Win rate
9.8%
5.4%
Podium rate
21.3%
21.4%
Pole rate
16.4%
7.1%
Points / start
1.8
1.6
Avg grid
P6.5
P7.7
Avg finish
P9.9
P10.3
Finish rate
42.6%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jochen Rindt
John Surtees
Mechanical retirements
30
50
Crash retirements
4
5
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: 1 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1964
Debut season
1960
1969 · aged 27
First win
1963 · aged 29
1968
First pole
1960
1970 · aged 28
First title
1964 · aged 30
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.2
Avg places gained
-2.7
Season points trajectory
Jochen Rindt
John Surtees
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jochen Rindt | John Surtees |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 2 · P3 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Watkins Glen | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Brands Hatch | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Charade Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Prince George Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Mosport International Raceway | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit Mont-Tremblant | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Montjuïc | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Zeltweg | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Jochen Rindt
Brabham-BRM 1964Cooper-Climax 1965Cooper-Maserati 1966–1967Brabham-Repco 1968Lotus-Ford 1969Team Lotus 1970
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
19601972
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).