Raymond Sommer

French · 1950–1950
VS

Johnny Claes

Belgian · 1950–1955
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
1
2
Qualifyingahead
2
1
Raymond Sommer · Johnny Claes
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
2 3
5 shared
Qualifying H2H
4 1
5 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P15
Best championship
Teammate battle by season
1
2
1950
Career totals
Raymond Sommer Johnny Claes
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
3
0
Starts
5
24
Rate-adjusted · per start
Raymond Sommer Johnny Claes
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.6
0.0
Avg grid
P10.2
P18.5
Avg finish
P11.6
P13.0
Finish rate
20%
58.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Raymond Sommer Johnny Claes
Mechanical retirements
4
5
Crash retirements
0
3
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 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1950
First win
First pole
First title
P4
Best finish
P7
-1.4
Avg places gained
+5.6
Season points trajectory
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Raymond Sommer Johnny Claes
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Raymond Sommer Johnny Claes
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7
Raymond Sommer 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7 Johnny Claes
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Raymond Sommer 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Johnny Claes
Reims-Gueux 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P12
Raymond Sommer 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P12 Johnny Claes
Circuit Bremgarten 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P10
Raymond Sommer 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P10 Johnny Claes
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P7
Raymond Sommer 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P7 Johnny Claes
Team history
Raymond Sommer
FER
LAG
Johnny Claes
LAG
SIM
HWM
GOR
MAS
CON
FER
MAS
Talbot-Lago 1950–1951Simca 1952HWM 1952Gordini 1952Maserati 1953Connaught 1953Ferrari 1955Maserati 1955
19501955
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).