John Surtees
British · 1960–1972
VS

Roy Salvadori
British · 1952–1962
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
8
6
Qualifyingahead
11
1
John Surtees · Roy Salvadori
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
9 — 8
17 shared
Qualifying H2H
13 — 2
15 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 0
1961 P12
Teammate battle by season
1
4
1961
7
2
1962
Career totals
John Surtees Roy Salvadori
Championships
1
0
Wins
6
0
Poles
8
0
Podiums
24
2
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
19
Starts
112
50
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees Roy Salvadori
Win rate
5.4%
0%
Podium rate
21.4%
4%
Pole rate
7.1%
0%
Points / start
1.6
0.4
Avg grid
P7.7
P12.5
Avg finish
P10.3
P13.1
Finish rate
50%
46%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Surtees Roy Salvadori
Mechanical retirements
50
26
Crash retirements
5
1
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
1952
1963 · aged 29
First win
—
1960
First pole
—
1964 · aged 30
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P2
-2.7
Avg places gained
-0.1
Season points trajectory
1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970
John Surtees Roy Salvadori
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit John Surtees Roy Salvadori
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Nürburgring 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P8
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Watkins Glen 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Aintree 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Prince George Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P6
Reims-Gueux 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8
Circuito da Boavista 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P9
Riverside International Raceway 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8
Team history
John Surtees
FER
SUR
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
Roy Salvadori
MAS
Ferrari 1952Connaught 1953Maserati 1954–1956Cooper 1957Vanwall 1957Cooper 1958Aston Martin 1959Cooper-Maserati 1959Aston Martin 1960Cooper-Climax 1960–1961Lola 1962
19521972
John Surtees → Roy Salvadori → 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).