Nino Vaccarella
Italian · 1961–1965
VS

John Surtees
British · 1960–1972
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
1
0
Qualifyingahead
0
1
Nino Vaccarella · John Surtees
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3 — 1
4 shared
Qualifying H2H
0 — 4
4 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
2
—
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1965
Career totals
Nino Vaccarella John Surtees
Championships
0
1
Wins
0
6
Poles
0
8
Podiums
0
24
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
180
Starts
4
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nino Vaccarella John Surtees
Win rate
0%
5.4%
Podium rate
0%
21.4%
Pole rate
0%
7.1%
Points / start
0.0
1.6
Avg grid
P16.0
P7.7
Avg finish
P13.8
P10.3
Finish rate
75%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Nino Vaccarella John Surtees
Mechanical retirements
1
50
Crash retirements
0
5
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: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1961
Debut season
1960
—
First win
1963 · aged 29
—
First pole
1960
—
First title
1964 · aged 30
P9
Best finish
P1
+2.3
Avg places gained
-2.7
Season points trajectory
1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972
Nino Vaccarella John Surtees
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Nino Vaccarella John Surtees
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P15 2 · 4 · P1
Nino Vaccarella 0 · 0 · P15 2 · 4 · P1 John Surtees
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P9 2 · 2 · P1
Nino Vaccarella 0 · 0 · P9 2 · 2 · P1 John Surtees
Team history
Nino Vaccarella
De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 1961Porsche 1962Lotus-Climax 1962Ferrari 1965
John Surtees
FER
HON
SUR
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
19601972
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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).