Championship record
1
World titles
3
1
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
John Surtees
Nelson Piquet
Championships
1
3
Wins
6
23
Poles
8
24
Podiums
24
60
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
485.5
Starts
112
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees
Nelson Piquet
Win rate
5.4%
11.2%
Podium rate
21.4%
29.3%
Pole rate
7.1%
11.7%
Points / start
1.6
2.4
Avg grid
P7.7
P6.7
Avg finish
P10.3
P9.8
Finish rate
50%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Surtees
Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
50
51
Crash retirements
5
28
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1960
Debut season
1978
1963 · aged 29
First win
1980 · aged 27
1960
First pole
1980
1964 · aged 30
First title
1981 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.7
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
John Surtees
Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | John Surtees | Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P9 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P8 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
19601991
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).