Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
2
2
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
John Surtees
Nico Rosberg
Championships
1
1
Wins
6
23
Poles
8
30
Podiums
24
57
Fastest laps
0
20
Career points
180
1,594.5
Starts
112
206
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees
Nico Rosberg
Win rate
5.4%
11.2%
Podium rate
21.4%
27.7%
Pole rate
7.1%
14.6%
Points / start
1.6
7.7
Avg grid
P7.7
P6.9
Avg finish
P10.3
P8.3
Finish rate
50%
85.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
John Surtees
Nico Rosberg
Overtakes
0
1,583
Overtakes / race
0.0
7.9
Places lost
0
1,574
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
Nico Rosberg
Mechanical retirements
50
15
Crash retirements
5
14
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
2006
1963 · aged 29
First win
2012 · aged 26
1960
First pole
2012
1964 · aged 30
First title
2016 · aged 31
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.7
Avg places gained
-1.3
Season points trajectory
John Surtees
Nico Rosberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | John Surtees | Nico Rosberg |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P9 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
Team history
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
Nico Rosberg
19602016
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).