As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
John Love · Jo Bonnier
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3
—
2
5 shared
Qualifying H2H
3
—
2
5 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P11
Best championship
P8
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 0
1967
P11
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1963
Career totals
John Love
Jo Bonnier
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
0
1
Podiums
1
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
6
39
Starts
9
106
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Love
Jo Bonnier
Win rate
0%
0.9%
Podium rate
11.1%
0.9%
Pole rate
0%
0.9%
Points / start
0.7
0.4
Avg grid
P16.0
P12.1
Avg finish
P12.0
P11.7
Finish rate
66.7%
48.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Love
Jo Bonnier
Mechanical retirements
3
45
Crash retirements
0
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 · 7
Milestones & racecraft
1962
Debut season
1956
—
First win
1959 · aged 29
—
First pole
1959
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P1
+4.0
Avg places gained
+0.5
Season points trajectory
John Love
Jo Bonnier
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | John Love | Jo Bonnier |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Love 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · — Jo Bonnier | ||
| Prince George Circuit | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| John Love 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P6 Jo Bonnier | ||
Team history
John Love
Cooper-Climax 1962–1963Cooper-Climax 1965Cooper-Climax 1967Brabham-Repco 1968Lotus-Ford 1969Team Lotus 1970March-Ford 1971Surtees 1972
Jo Bonnier
Maserati 1956–1958BRM 1958–1960Porsche 1961–1962Cooper-Climax 1963–1964Brabham-BRM 1964Brabham-Climax 1964–1965Cooper-Maserati 1966Brabham-Climax 1966Cooper-Maserati 1967–1968Honda 1968McLaren-BRM 1968Lotus-Ford 1969McLaren-Ford 1970McLaren 1971
19561972
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).