John Surtees
British · 1960–1972
VS

Kimi Räikkönen
Finnish · 2001–2021
Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
2
2
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
John Surtees Kimi Räikkönen
Championships
1
1
Wins
6
21
Poles
8
18
Podiums
24
103
Fastest laps
0
42
Career points
180
1,873
Starts
112
352
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees Kimi Räikkönen
Win rate
5.4%
6%
Podium rate
21.4%
29.3%
Pole rate
7.1%
5.1%
Points / start
1.6
5.3
Avg grid
P7.7
P7.6
Avg finish
P10.3
P8.5
Finish rate
50%
81.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
John Surtees Kimi Räikkönen
Overtakes
0
2,703
Overtakes / race
0.0
8.0
Places lost
0
2,441
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
John Surtees Kimi Räikkönen
Mechanical retirements
50
45
Crash retirements
5
21
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
2001
1963 · aged 29
First win
2003 · aged 23
1960
First pole
2003
1964 · aged 30
First title
2007 · aged 28
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.7
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
1960 1968 1976 1984 1992 2000 2008 2016
John Surtees Kimi Räikkönen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit John Surtees Kimi Räikkönen
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 1 · P1 4 · 5 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Nürburgring 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 3 · P2 1 · 7 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 4 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P3
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 3 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 3 · P3
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P3
Team history
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
Kimi Räikkönen
Sauber 2001McLaren 2002–2006Ferrari 2007–2009Lotus F1 2012–2013Ferrari 2014–2018Alfa Romeo 2019–2021
19602021
John Surtees → Kimi Räikkönen → 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).