As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
John Surtees · Stirling Moss
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1
—
10
11 shared
Qualifying H2H
2
—
9
11 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
4
2
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 2
1960
P3
1961
P3
Teammate battle by season
0
3
1960
Career totals
John Surtees
Stirling Moss
Championships
1
0
Wins
6
15
Poles
8
17
Podiums
24
21
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
176.64
Starts
112
67
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees
Stirling Moss
Win rate
5.4%
22.4%
Podium rate
21.4%
31.3%
Pole rate
7.1%
25.4%
Points / start
1.6
2.6
Avg grid
P7.7
P4.7
Avg finish
P10.3
P9.4
Finish rate
50%
53.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Surtees
Stirling Moss
Mechanical retirements
50
30
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
1951
1963 · aged 29
First win
1955 · aged 25
1960
First pole
1952
1964 · aged 30
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.7
Avg places gained
-4.7
Season points trajectory
John Surtees
Stirling Moss
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | John Surtees | Stirling Moss |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| John Surtees 2 · 2 · P1 3 · 3 · P1 Stirling Moss | ||
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| John Surtees 2 · 4 · P1 1 · 2 · P1 Stirling Moss | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · P4 3 · 3 · P1 Stirling Moss | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| John Surtees 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 2 · P1 Stirling Moss | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| John Surtees 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 2 · P2 Stirling Moss | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| John Surtees 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 2 · P1 Stirling Moss | ||
| Circuito da Boavista | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1 Stirling Moss | ||
| Riverside International Raceway | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1 Stirling Moss | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · — Stirling Moss | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · — Stirling Moss | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2 Stirling Moss | ||
Team history
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
Stirling Moss
HWM 1951ERA 1952HWM 1952Connaught 1952Cooper 1953Connaught 1953Maserati 1954Mercedes 1955Maserati 1956–1957Vanwall 1957Cooper 1958Vanwall 1958BRM 1959Cooper-Climax 1959Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1960Lotus-Climax 1961
19511972
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).