As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
John Surtees · Peter Gethin
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
11
—
8
19 shared
Qualifying H2H
13
—
6
19 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P9
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 1
1970
P18
1971
P9
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1970
Career totals
John Surtees
Peter Gethin
Championships
1
0
Wins
6
1
Poles
8
0
Podiums
24
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
11
Starts
112
30
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees
Peter Gethin
Win rate
5.4%
3.3%
Podium rate
21.4%
3.3%
Pole rate
7.1%
0%
Points / start
1.6
0.4
Avg grid
P7.7
P16.2
Avg finish
P10.3
P15.5
Finish rate
50%
36.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Surtees
Peter Gethin
Mechanical retirements
50
11
Crash retirements
5
4
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 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
1960
Debut season
1970
1963 · aged 29
First win
1971 · aged 31
1960
First pole
—
1964 · aged 30
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.7
Avg places gained
+0.8
Season points trajectory
John Surtees
Peter Gethin
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | John Surtees | Peter Gethin |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| John Surtees 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1 Peter Gethin | ||
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · — Peter Gethin | ||
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — Peter Gethin | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| John Surtees 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · P9 Peter Gethin | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · — Peter Gethin | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · — Peter Gethin | ||
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — Peter Gethin | ||
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — Peter Gethin | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · — Peter Gethin | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P10 Peter Gethin | ||
| Mosport International Raceway | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P14 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P14 Peter Gethin | ||
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Peter Gethin | ||
| Circuit Mont-Tremblant | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P6 Peter Gethin | ||
| Montjuïc | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P8 Peter Gethin | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · — Peter Gethin | ||
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P9 Peter Gethin | ||
Team history
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
Peter Gethin
19601974
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).