John Surtees
British · 1960–1972
VS

Keke Rosberg
Finnish · 1978–1986
Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
John Surtees Keke Rosberg
Championships
1
1
Wins
6
5
Poles
8
5
Podiums
24
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
159.5
Starts
112
114
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees Keke Rosberg
Win rate
5.4%
4.4%
Podium rate
21.4%
14.9%
Pole rate
7.1%
4.4%
Points / start
1.6
1.4
Avg grid
P7.7
P10.1
Avg finish
P10.3
P11.8
Finish rate
50%
53.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Surtees Keke Rosberg
Mechanical retirements
50
41
Crash retirements
5
9
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1960
Debut season
1978
1963 · aged 29
First win
1982 · aged 33
1960
First pole
1982
1964 · aged 30
First title
1982 · aged 33
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.7
Avg places gained
-1.6
Season points trajectory
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984
John Surtees Keke Rosberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit John Surtees Keke Rosberg
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Nürburgring 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P12
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Watkins Glen 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · P10
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P11
Kyalami 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Brands Hatch 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P2
Jarama 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P12
Team history
John Surtees
FER
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
Keke Rosberg
WIL
ATS 1978Wolf 1978Theodore 1978Wolf 1979Fittipaldi 1980–1981Williams 1982–1985McLaren 1986
19601986
John Surtees → Keke Rosberg → Compare others
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).