As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Johnny Thomson · Jimmy Bryan
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3
—
5
8 shared
Qualifying H2H
3
—
5
8 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P12
Best championship
P10
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1955
0
1
1956
0
1
1957
Career totals
Johnny Thomson
Jimmy Bryan
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
1
0
Podiums
1
3
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
10
18
Starts
8
9
Rate-adjusted · per start
Johnny Thomson
Jimmy Bryan
Win rate
0%
11.1%
Podium rate
12.5%
33.3%
Pole rate
12.5%
0%
Points / start
1.3
2.0
Avg grid
P17.4
P15.2
Avg finish
P16.9
P13.4
Finish rate
50%
77.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Johnny Thomson
Jimmy Bryan
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
1952
—
First win
1958 · aged 32
1959
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P3
Best finish
P1
+0.5
Avg places gained
+1.8
Season points trajectory
Johnny Thomson
Jimmy Bryan
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Johnny Thomson | Jimmy Bryan |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Johnny Thomson 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 3 · P1 Jimmy Bryan | ||
Team history
Johnny Thomson
Jimmy Bryan
19521960
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).