As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
John Love · Mario Andretti
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1
—
3
4 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
4
4 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
2
P11
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1969
Career totals
John Love
Mario Andretti
Championships
0
1
Wins
0
12
Poles
0
18
Podiums
1
19
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
6
180
Starts
9
128
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Love
Mario Andretti
Win rate
0%
9.4%
Podium rate
11.1%
14.8%
Pole rate
0%
14.1%
Points / start
0.7
1.4
Avg grid
P16.0
P8.6
Avg finish
P12.0
P12.5
Finish rate
66.7%
49.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Love
Mario Andretti
Mechanical retirements
3
49
Crash retirements
0
16
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1962
Debut season
1968
—
First win
1971 · aged 31
—
First pole
1968
—
First title
1978 · aged 38
P2
Best finish
P1
+4.0
Avg places gained
-3.9
Season points trajectory
John Love
Mario Andretti
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | John Love | Mario Andretti |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| John Love 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 1 · P1 Mario Andretti | ||
Team history
John Love
Cooper-Climax 1962–1963Cooper-Climax 1965Cooper-Climax 1967Brabham-Repco 1968Lotus-Ford 1969Team Lotus 1970March-Ford 1971Surtees 1972
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford 1968–1969March 1970Ferrari 1971–1972Parnelli 1974–1975Team Lotus 1976Parnelli 1976Team Lotus 1977–1980Alfa Romeo 1981Ferrari 1982Williams 1982
19621982
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).