As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Mike Spence · Jim Clark
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
12
—
22
35 shared
Qualifying H2H
2
—
32
35 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
2
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
5
P8
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 4
1964
P3
1965
P1
1966
P6
1967
P3
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1963
4
1
1964
1
8
1965
1
1
1966
Career totals
Mike Spence
Jim Clark
Championships
0
2
Wins
0
25
Poles
1
33
Podiums
1
32
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
27
274
Starts
36
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mike Spence
Jim Clark
Win rate
0%
34.7%
Podium rate
2.8%
44.4%
Pole rate
2.8%
45.8%
Points / start
0.8
3.8
Avg grid
P9.9
P3.6
Avg finish
P9.8
P7.1
Finish rate
55.6%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Mike Spence
Jim Clark
Mechanical retirements
15
21
Crash retirements
1
2
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1963
Debut season
1960
—
First win
1962 · aged 26
1964
First pole
1962
—
First title
1963 · aged 27
P3
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-3.5
Season points trajectory
Mike Spence
Jim Clark
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Mike Spence | Jim Clark |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P5 | 4 · 6 · P1 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P5 4 · 6 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P5 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P5 4 · 4 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · — 3 · 4 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P4 3 · 3 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 1 · P3 2 · 2 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Prince George Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 2 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 2 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P8 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 2 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 0 · P9 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P9 1 · 1 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Charade Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P7 1 · 1 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P4 Jim Clark | ||
| Zeltweg | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Jim Clark | ||
| Le Mans | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Jim Clark | ||
| Mosport International Raceway | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · — Jim Clark | ||
Team history
Mike Spence
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19601968
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).