As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Mario Andretti · John Love
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3
—
1
4 shared
Qualifying H2H
4
—
0
4 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P11
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1969
Career totals
Mario Andretti
John Love
Championships
1
0
Wins
12
0
Poles
18
0
Podiums
19
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
6
Starts
128
9
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mario Andretti
John Love
Win rate
9.4%
0%
Podium rate
14.8%
11.1%
Pole rate
14.1%
0%
Points / start
1.4
0.7
Avg grid
P8.6
P16.0
Avg finish
P12.5
P12.0
Finish rate
49.2%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Mario Andretti
John Love
Mechanical retirements
49
3
Crash retirements
16
0
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1968
Debut season
1962
1971 · aged 31
First win
—
1968
First pole
—
1978 · aged 38
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P2
-3.9
Avg places gained
+4.0
Season points trajectory
Mario Andretti
John Love
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Mario Andretti | John Love |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Kyalami | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Mario Andretti 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P2 John Love | ||
Team history
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford 1968–1969March 1970Ferrari 1971–1972Parnelli 1974–1975Team Lotus 1976Parnelli 1976Team Lotus 1977–1980Alfa Romeo 1981Ferrari 1982Williams 1982
John Love
Cooper-Climax 1962–1963Cooper-Climax 1965Cooper-Climax 1967Brabham-Repco 1968Lotus-Ford 1969Team Lotus 1970March-Ford 1971Surtees 1972
19621982
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).