As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
John Surtees · Willy Mairesse
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
7
—
2
9 shared
Qualifying H2H
6
—
3
9 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P14
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 0
1960
P12
1962
P4
Teammate battle by season
3
0
1963
Career totals
John Surtees
Willy Mairesse
Championships
1
0
Wins
6
0
Poles
8
0
Podiums
24
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
7
Starts
112
12
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees
Willy Mairesse
Win rate
5.4%
0%
Podium rate
21.4%
8.3%
Pole rate
7.1%
0%
Points / start
1.6
0.6
Avg grid
P7.7
P9.7
Avg finish
P10.3
P13.1
Finish rate
50%
25%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Surtees
Willy Mairesse
Mechanical retirements
50
6
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1960
Debut season
1960
1963 · aged 29
First win
—
1960
First pole
—
1964 · aged 30
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P3
-2.7
Avg places gained
-3.4
Season points trajectory
John Surtees
Willy Mairesse
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | John Surtees | Willy Mairesse |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · — Willy Mairesse | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| John Surtees 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3 Willy Mairesse | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · — Willy Mairesse | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P7 Willy Mairesse | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Willy Mairesse | ||
Team history
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
Willy Mairesse
19601972
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).