As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Tony Brooks · Olivier Gendebien
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
9
—
5
14 shared
Qualifying H2H
8
—
4
12 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P6
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 1
1959
P2
1960
P6
1961
P10
Teammate battle by season
1
1
1959
2
2
1960
Career totals
Tony Brooks
Olivier Gendebien
Championships
0
0
Wins
5
0
Poles
4
0
Podiums
9
2
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
71
18
Starts
39
16
Rate-adjusted · per start
Tony Brooks
Olivier Gendebien
Win rate
12.8%
0%
Podium rate
23.1%
12.5%
Pole rate
10.3%
0%
Points / start
1.8
1.1
Avg grid
P6.3
P8.6
Avg finish
P11.0
P11.3
Finish rate
56.4%
81.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Tony Brooks
Olivier Gendebien
Mechanical retirements
14
2
Crash retirements
3
1
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
1956
1958 · aged 26
First win
—
1957
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P2
-4.6
Avg places gained
+0.1
Season points trajectory
Tony Brooks
Olivier Gendebien
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Tony Brooks | Olivier Gendebien |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Tony Brooks 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P2 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Tony Brooks 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Tony Brooks 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P6 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P11 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P9 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · — Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Circuito da Boavista | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P7 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Ain Diab | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Riverside International Raceway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P12 Olivier Gendebien | ||
Team history
Tony Brooks
Olivier Gendebien
19561961
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).