Championship record
1
World titles
5
1
Runner-up
2
2
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
John Surtees
Juan Fangio
Championships
1
5
Wins
6
22
Poles
8
28
Podiums
24
31
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
260.64
Starts
112
51
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees
Juan Fangio
Win rate
5.4%
43.1%
Podium rate
21.4%
60.8%
Pole rate
7.1%
54.9%
Points / start
1.6
5.1
Avg grid
P7.7
P2.0
Avg finish
P10.3
P4.8
Finish rate
50%
76.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Surtees
Juan Fangio
Mechanical retirements
50
12
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
1950
1963 · aged 29
First win
1950 · aged 38
1960
First pole
1950
1964 · aged 30
First title
1951 · aged 40
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.7
Avg places gained
-2.8
Season points trajectory
John Surtees
Juan Fangio
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | John Surtees | Juan Fangio |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Aintree | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
Team history
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
Juan Fangio
Alfa Romeo 1950–1951Maserati 1953Mercedes 1954Maserati 1954Mercedes 1955Ferrari 1956Maserati 1957–1958
19501972
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).