Torsten Palm

Swedish · 1975–1975
VS

Alan Jones

Australian · 1975–1986
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
1
0
Qualifyingahead
0
1
Torsten Palm · Alan Jones
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1 0
1 shared
Qualifying H2H
0 1
1 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
3
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1975
Career totals
Torsten Palm Alan Jones
Championships
0
1
Wins
0
12
Poles
0
6
Podiums
0
24
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
206
Starts
1
117
Rate-adjusted · per start
Torsten Palm Alan Jones
Win rate
0%
10.3%
Podium rate
0%
20.5%
Pole rate
0%
5.1%
Points / start
0.0
1.8
Avg grid
P21.0
P11.5
Avg finish
P10.0
P11.4
Finish rate
100%
59%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Torsten Palm Alan Jones
Mechanical retirements
0
31
Crash retirements
0
14
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
1975
First win
1977 · aged 30
First pole
1979
First title
1980 · aged 33
P10
Best finish
P1
+11.0
Avg places gained
+0.1
Season points trajectory
1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985
Torsten Palm Alan Jones
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Torsten Palm Alan Jones
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Scandinavian Raceway 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P11
Torsten Palm 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P11 Alan Jones
Team history
Torsten Palm
Hesketh 1975
Alan Jones
WIL
LOL
Hesketh 1975Embassy Hill 1975Surtees 1976Shadow 1977Williams 1978–1981Arrows 1983Lola 1985–1986
19751986
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).