Tony Brooks

British · 1956–1961
VS

Jean Behra

French · 1952–1959
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
2
1
Qualifyingahead
1
2
Tony Brooks · Jean Behra
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
8 10
18 shared
Qualifying H2H
10 7
17 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 3 · 0
1957 P5 1958 P3 1959 P2
Teammate battle by season
2
1
1959
Career totals
Tony Brooks Jean Behra
Championships
0
0
Wins
5
0
Poles
4
0
Podiums
9
8
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
71
48.14
Starts
39
52
Rate-adjusted · per start
Tony Brooks Jean Behra
Win rate
12.8%
0%
Podium rate
23.1%
15.4%
Pole rate
10.3%
0%
Points / start
1.8
0.9
Avg grid
P6.3
P7.8
Avg finish
P11.0
P11.0
Finish rate
56.4%
44.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Tony Brooks Jean Behra
Mechanical retirements
14
25
Crash retirements
3
4
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1956
Debut season
1952
1958 · aged 26
First win
1957
First pole
First title
P1
Best finish
P2
-4.6
Avg places gained
-3.2
Season points trajectory
1952 1954 1956 1958 1960
Tony Brooks Jean Behra
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Tony Brooks Jean Behra
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Reims-Gueux 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Tony Brooks 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3 Jean Behra
Nürburgring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Tony Brooks 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3 Jean Behra
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Tony Brooks 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4 Jean Behra
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Tony Brooks 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P7 Jean Behra
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Tony Brooks 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P3 Jean Behra
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P3
Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P3 Jean Behra
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3
Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3 Jean Behra
Aintree 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · —
Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · — Jean Behra
Circuito da Boavista 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4
Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4 Jean Behra
Pescara Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Jean Behra
Ain Diab 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Jean Behra
Team history
Tony Brooks
VAN
VAN
BRM 1956Vanwall 1957–1958Ferrari 1959Vanwall 1959–1960Cooper-Climax 1960BRM 1961
Jean Behra
GOR
MAS
Gordini 1952–1954Maserati 1955–1958BRM 1958Ferrari 1959
19521961
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).