As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Stirling Moss · John Surtees
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
10
—
1
11 shared
Qualifying H2H
9
—
2
11 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
4
Runner-up
1
7
Top-3 finishes
2
P2
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 0
1960
P3
1961
P3
Teammate battle by season
3
0
1960
Career totals
Stirling Moss
John Surtees
Championships
0
1
Wins
15
6
Poles
17
8
Podiums
21
24
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
176.64
180
Starts
67
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Stirling Moss
John Surtees
Win rate
22.4%
5.4%
Podium rate
31.3%
21.4%
Pole rate
25.4%
7.1%
Points / start
2.6
1.6
Avg grid
P4.7
P7.7
Avg finish
P9.4
P10.3
Finish rate
53.7%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Stirling Moss
John Surtees
Mechanical retirements
30
50
Crash retirements
1
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
1951
Debut season
1960
1955 · aged 25
First win
1963 · aged 29
1952
First pole
1960
—
First title
1964 · aged 30
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.7
Avg places gained
-2.7
Season points trajectory
Stirling Moss
John Surtees
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Stirling Moss | John Surtees |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Stirling Moss 3 · 3 · P1 2 · 2 · P1 John Surtees | ||
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Stirling Moss 1 · 2 · P1 2 · 4 · P1 John Surtees | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Stirling Moss 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P4 John Surtees | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Stirling Moss 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2 John Surtees | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Stirling Moss 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 1 · P1 John Surtees | ||
| Aintree | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Stirling Moss 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2 John Surtees | ||
| Circuito da Boavista | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Stirling Moss 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · — John Surtees | ||
| Riverside International Raceway | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Stirling Moss 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · — John Surtees | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Stirling Moss 0 · 0 · — 0 · 4 · P2 John Surtees | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Stirling Moss 0 · 0 · — 0 · 3 · P2 John Surtees | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Stirling Moss 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · — John Surtees | ||
Team history
Stirling Moss
HWM 1951ERA 1952HWM 1952Connaught 1952Cooper 1953Connaught 1953Maserati 1954Mercedes 1955Maserati 1956–1957Vanwall 1957Cooper 1958Vanwall 1958BRM 1959Cooper-Climax 1959Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1960Lotus-Climax 1961
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
19511972
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).