As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
John Surtees · Gijs van Lennep
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
P20
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1971
Career totals
John Surtees
Gijs van Lennep
Championships
1
0
Wins
6
0
Poles
8
0
Podiums
24
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
2
Starts
112
8
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees
Gijs van Lennep
Win rate
5.4%
0%
Podium rate
21.4%
0%
Pole rate
7.1%
0%
Points / start
1.6
0.3
Avg grid
P7.7
P23.1
Avg finish
P10.3
P11.1
Finish rate
50%
87.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Surtees
Gijs van Lennep
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
1971
1963 · aged 29
First win
—
1960
First pole
—
1964 · aged 30
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P6
-2.7
Avg places gained
+12.0
Season points trajectory
John Surtees
Gijs van Lennep
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | John Surtees | Gijs van Lennep |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| John Surtees 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P6 Gijs van Lennep | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — Gijs van Lennep | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| John Surtees 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P6 Gijs van Lennep | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P9 Gijs van Lennep | ||
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P15 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P15 Gijs van Lennep | ||
Team history
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
Gijs van Lennep
19601975
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).