As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
John Surtees · Jim Clark
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
19
—
46
65 shared
Qualifying H2H
15
—
50
65 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
2
1
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
5
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
3 · 6
1960
P10
1961
P7
1962
P2
1963
P1
1964
P1
1965
P1
1966
P2
1967
P3
1968
P8
Teammate battle by season
1
2
1960
Career totals
John Surtees
Jim Clark
Championships
1
2
Wins
6
25
Poles
8
33
Podiums
24
32
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
274
Starts
112
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees
Jim Clark
Win rate
5.4%
34.7%
Podium rate
21.4%
44.4%
Pole rate
7.1%
45.8%
Points / start
1.6
3.8
Avg grid
P7.7
P3.6
Avg finish
P10.3
P7.1
Finish rate
50%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Surtees
Jim Clark
Mechanical retirements
50
21
Crash retirements
5
2
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
1960
1963 · aged 29
First win
1962 · aged 26
1960
First pole
1962
1964 · aged 30
First title
1963 · aged 27
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.7
Avg places gained
-3.5
Season points trajectory
John Surtees
Jim Clark
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | John Surtees | Jim Clark |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 1 · P1 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| John Surtees 1 · 1 · P1 4 · 4 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 2 · P2 | 4 · 6 · P1 |
| John Surtees 0 · 2 · P2 4 · 6 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 4 · P2 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| John Surtees 0 · 4 · P2 3 · 4 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| John Surtees 2 · 4 · P1 1 · 2 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| John Surtees 0 · 3 · P2 3 · 3 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| John Surtees 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| John Surtees 1 · 2 · P1 2 · 2 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Prince George Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| John Surtees 0 · 1 · P2 2 · 2 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| John Surtees 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| John Surtees 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| John Surtees 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 1 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Charade Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| John Surtees 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · — Jim Clark | ||
| Circuito da Boavista | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3 Jim Clark | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P4 Jim Clark | ||
| Mosport International Raceway | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · — Jim Clark | ||
| Riverside International Raceway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P16 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P16 Jim Clark | ||
| Zeltweg | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Jim Clark | ||
Team history
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19601972
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).