As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
John Surtees · David Piper
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1
—
0
1 shared
Qualifying H2H
1
—
0
1 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1960
Career totals
John Surtees
David Piper
Championships
1
0
Wins
6
0
Poles
8
0
Podiums
24
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
0
Starts
112
3
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees
David Piper
Win rate
5.4%
0%
Podium rate
21.4%
0%
Pole rate
7.1%
0%
Points / start
1.6
0.0
Avg grid
P7.7
P22.3
Avg finish
P10.3
P18.3
Finish rate
50%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Surtees
David Piper
Mechanical retirements
50
1
Crash retirements
5
0
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1960
Debut season
1959
1963 · aged 29
First win
—
1960
First pole
—
1964 · aged 30
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P12
-2.7
Avg places gained
+4.0
Season points trajectory
John Surtees
David Piper
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | John Surtees | David Piper |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| John Surtees 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P12 David Piper | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · — David Piper | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — David Piper | ||
Team history
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
David Piper
Team Lotus 1959–1960
19591972
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).