Race H2H
15
—
20
35 shared
Qualifying H2H
21
—
11
32 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 2
1960
P5
1961
P1
1962
P4
1964
P1
Career totals
John Surtees
Phil Hill
Championships
1
1
Wins
6
3
Poles
8
6
Podiums
24
16
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
98
Starts
112
51
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees
Phil Hill
Win rate
5.4%
5.9%
Podium rate
21.4%
31.4%
Pole rate
7.1%
11.8%
Points / start
1.6
1.9
Avg grid
P7.7
P9.0
Avg finish
P10.3
P9.1
Finish rate
50%
70.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Surtees
Phil Hill
Mechanical retirements
50
11
Crash retirements
5
3
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
1958
1963 · aged 29
First win
1960 · aged 33
1960
First pole
1960
1964 · aged 30
First title
1961 · aged 34
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.7
Avg places gained
+0.9
Season points trajectory
John Surtees
Phil Hill
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | John Surtees | Phil Hill |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Aintree | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Circuito da Boavista | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Riverside International Raceway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Zeltweg | 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
Phil Hill
Ferrari 1958Maserati 1958Ferrari 1959–1960Cooper-Climax 1960Ferrari 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963ATS 1963Cooper-Climax 1964
19581972
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).