As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Wolfgang Seidel · Jim Clark
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1
—
6
7 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
5
5 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
2
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
5
—
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
1
4
1961
Career totals
Wolfgang Seidel
Jim Clark
Championships
0
2
Wins
0
25
Poles
0
33
Podiums
0
32
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
274
Starts
12
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
Wolfgang Seidel
Jim Clark
Win rate
0%
34.7%
Podium rate
0%
44.4%
Pole rate
0%
45.8%
Points / start
0.0
3.8
Avg grid
P21.0
P3.6
Avg finish
P19.4
P7.1
Finish rate
41.7%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Wolfgang Seidel
Jim Clark
Mechanical retirements
4
21
Crash retirements
1
2
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: 2 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1953
Debut season
1960
—
First win
1962 · aged 26
—
First pole
1962
—
First title
1963 · aged 27
P9
Best finish
P1
+2.7
Avg places gained
-3.5
Season points trajectory
Wolfgang Seidel
Jim Clark
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Wolfgang Seidel | Jim Clark |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · — | 4 · 6 · P1 |
| Wolfgang Seidel 0 · 0 · — 4 · 6 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · — | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Wolfgang Seidel 0 · 0 · — 4 · 4 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P16 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Wolfgang Seidel 0 · 0 · P16 1 · 2 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P9 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Wolfgang Seidel 0 · 0 · P9 1 · 2 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Wolfgang Seidel 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 0 · P17 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Wolfgang Seidel 0 · 0 · P17 1 · 1 · P1 Jim Clark | ||
Team history
Wolfgang Seidel
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19531968
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).