Jody Scheckter

South African · 1972–1980
VS

Phil Hill

American · 1958–1964
Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
4
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jody Scheckter Phil Hill
Championships
1
1
Wins
10
3
Poles
3
6
Podiums
33
16
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
255
98
Starts
112
51
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jody Scheckter Phil Hill
Win rate
8.9%
5.9%
Podium rate
29.5%
31.4%
Pole rate
2.7%
11.8%
Points / start
2.3
1.9
Avg grid
P8.0
P9.0
Avg finish
P9.1
P9.1
Finish rate
68.7%
70.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jody Scheckter Phil Hill
Mechanical retirements
21
11
Crash retirements
13
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: 1 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1972
Debut season
1958
1974 · aged 24
First win
1960 · aged 33
1976
First pole
1960
1979 · aged 29
First title
1961 · aged 34
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.2
Avg places gained
+0.9
Season points trajectory
1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979
Jody Scheckter Phil Hill
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jody Scheckter Phil Hill
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 2 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Brands Hatch 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P8
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Watkins Glen 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Nürburgring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
Team history
Jody Scheckter
TYR
McLaren 1972–1973Tyrrell 1974–1976Wolf 1977–1978Ferrari 1979–1980
Phil Hill
Ferrari 1958Maserati 1958Ferrari 1959–1960Cooper-Climax 1960Ferrari 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963ATS 1963Cooper-Climax 1964
19581980
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).