As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Johnny Thomson · Bill Cheesbourg
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
2
—
1
3 shared
Qualifying H2H
3
—
0
3 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P12
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1958
Career totals
Johnny Thomson
Bill Cheesbourg
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
1
0
Podiums
1
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
10
0
Starts
8
3
Rate-adjusted · per start
Johnny Thomson
Bill Cheesbourg
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
12.5%
0%
Pole rate
12.5%
0%
Points / start
1.3
0.0
Avg grid
P17.4
P28.7
Avg finish
P16.9
P19.0
Finish rate
50%
33.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Johnny Thomson
Bill Cheesbourg
Mechanical retirements
2
2
Crash retirements
1
0
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
1953
Debut season
1957
—
First win
—
1959
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P3
Best finish
P10
+0.5
Avg places gained
+9.7
Season points trajectory
Johnny Thomson
Bill Cheesbourg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Johnny Thomson | Bill Cheesbourg |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Johnny Thomson 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P10 Bill Cheesbourg | ||
Team history
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).