John Surtees
British · 1960–1972
VS

Nino Farina
Italian · 1950–1955
Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
John Surtees Nino Farina
Championships
1
1
Wins
6
5
Poles
8
5
Podiums
24
18
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
122.33
Starts
112
34
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees Nino Farina
Win rate
5.4%
14.7%
Podium rate
21.4%
52.9%
Pole rate
7.1%
14.7%
Points / start
1.6
3.6
Avg grid
P7.7
P3.1
Avg finish
P10.3
P5.9
Finish rate
50%
76.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Surtees Nino Farina
Mechanical retirements
50
6
Crash retirements
5
2
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 43
1960
First pole
1950
1964 · aged 30
First title
1950 · aged 43
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.7
Avg places gained
-2.8
Season points trajectory
1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971
John Surtees Nino Farina
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit John Surtees Nino Farina
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Nürburgring 2 · 4 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 3 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P4
Reims-Gueux 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Team history
John Surtees
FER
SUR
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
Nino Farina
FER
Alfa Romeo 1950–1951Ferrari 1952–1955
19501972
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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).