John Surtees
British · 1960–1972
VS

Nino Vaccarella
Italian · 1961–1965
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
0
1
Qualifyingahead
1
0
John Surtees · Nino Vaccarella
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1 — 3
4 shared
Qualifying H2H
4 — 0
4 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1965
Career totals
John Surtees Nino Vaccarella
Championships
1
0
Wins
6
0
Poles
8
0
Podiums
24
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
0
Starts
112
4
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees Nino Vaccarella
Win rate
5.4%
0%
Podium rate
21.4%
0%
Pole rate
7.1%
0%
Points / start
1.6
0.0
Avg grid
P7.7
P16.0
Avg finish
P10.3
P13.8
Finish rate
50%
75%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Surtees Nino Vaccarella
Mechanical retirements
50
1
Crash retirements
5
0
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
1961
1963 · aged 29
First win
—
1960
First pole
—
1964 · aged 30
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P9
-2.7
Avg places gained
+2.3
Season points trajectory
1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972
John Surtees Nino Vaccarella
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit John Surtees Nino Vaccarella
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Nürburgring 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P15
John Surtees 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P15 Nino Vaccarella
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
John Surtees 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P9 Nino Vaccarella
Team history
John Surtees
FER
HON
SUR
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
Nino Vaccarella
De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 1961Porsche 1962Lotus-Climax 1962Ferrari 1965
19601972
John Surtees → Nino Vaccarella → 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).