Tony Brooks

British · 1956–1961
VS

Olivier Gendebien

Belgian · 1956–1961
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
3
3
Qualifyingahead
5
1
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
1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
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
BRM
VAN
FER
VAN
COO
BRM
BRM 1956Vanwall 1957–1958Ferrari 1959Vanwall 1959–1960Cooper-Climax 1960BRM 1961
Olivier Gendebien
FER
FER
COO
FER
EME
LOT
Ferrari 1956Ferrari 1958–1959Cooper-Climax 1960Ferrari 1961Emeryson 1961Lotus-Climax 1961
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).