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John Surtees

🇬🇧 British1960–1972

1964 World Champion. Won 6 of 110 starts across 13 seasons, and outscored Lorenzo Bandini over 23 races together.

Titles
1
=16th all-time
Wins
6
5.5% of starts
Podiums
24
21.8% of starts
Career points
180
as scored at the time
Starts
110
13 seasons, 9 teams

Ranks are all-time since 1958.

Championship finish by season

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Team LotusCooper-ClimaxLolaFerrariCooper-MaseratiHondaBRMSurteesWorld Champion

Against Surtees's teammates

Points in races together
Lorenzo Bandini 66 – 47 1963–66 · 23 races · ahead on the results sheet 11–12
Roy Salvadori 19 – 2 1961–62 · 12 races · ahead on the results sheet 6–6
Bruce McLaren 4 – 17 1961–70 · 11 races · ahead on the results sheet 4–7
Jackie Oliver 6 – 1 1969 · 9 races · ahead on the results sheet 6–3
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Rolf Stommelen 1 – 3 1971 · 9 races · ahead on the results sheet 5–4
Jack Brabham 4 – 4 1961 · 8 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–5
Jochen Rindt 19 – 18 1966 · 7 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–4
Jo Siffert 13 – 3 1966 · 6 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–4
Jo Bonnier 19 – 3 1966–68 · 6 races · ahead on the results sheet 4–2
Jackie Lewis 4 – 3 1961 · 5 races · ahead on the results sheet 4–1
Innes Ireland 6 – 11 1960 · 4 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–3
Pedro Rodríguez 8 – 1 1964–69 · 4 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–1
Guy Ligier 6 – 0 1966 · 4 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–3
Jim Clark 6 – 4 1960 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–2
Masten Gregory 2 – 0 1961 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–2
Willy Mairesse 12 – 0 1963 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–0
Denny Hulme 0 – 9 1970 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–2
Mike Hailwood 0 – 9 1971–72 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–3
Stirling Moss 0 – 16 1960 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–2
Bernard Collomb 2 – 0 1961 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–1
Ludovico Scarfiotti 13 – 1 1963–64 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–0
George Eaton 4 – 0 1969 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–0
Derek Bell 1 – 1 1970–71 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–1
Alan Stacey 0 – 0 1960 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
David Piper 6 – 0 1960 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Jim Hall 0 – 0 1960 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Ian Burgess 2 – 0 1961 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Jack Fairman 0 – 0 1961 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Roger Penske 0 – 0 1961 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Hap Sharp 0 – 0 1961 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Walt Hansgen 0 – 0 1961 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Nino Vaccarella 0 – 0 1965 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Chris Amon 0 – 0 1966 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Moisés Solana 9 – 0 1966 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Jo Schlesser 6 – 0 1968 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
David Hobbs 0 – 0 1968 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Bill Brack 0 – 0 1969 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Peter Gethin 1 – 0 1970 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Dan Gurney 1 – 0 1970 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Brian Redman 0 – 0 1971 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Gijs van Lennep 2 – 0 1971 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Sam Posey 0 – 0 1971 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Andrea de Adamich 0 – 0 1972 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Tim Schenken 0 – 0 1972 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0

Best circuits

By wins
2 Nürburgring 9 starts · avg finish 5.6 Won 1963, 1964 2 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 12 starts · avg finish 15.5 Won 1964, 1967 1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 6 starts · avg finish 7 Won 1966 1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 8 starts · avg finish 10.3 Won 1966 0 Watkins Glen Best 2nd · 10 starts · avg finish 10.5

Milestones

Debut
1960 Monaco GP Team Lotus
First points
1960 British GP 2nd · also first podium
First win
1963 German GP 27th career start
Best season
2 wins 1964
Last win
1967 Italian GP Honda
Final start
1972 Italian GP Surtees

Under today's points system

25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, scored by the calculator
180 672 +492

Career points re-scored with today's table. 1964: 40 → 119. Replay 1964 in the calculator →

All seasons

Points as counted for the championship
Year Team Pos Pts Wins Podiums Teammate
1972 Surtees 36 0 0 0 Mike Hailwood, Andrea de Adamich
1971 Surtees 19 3 0 0 Rolf Stommelen, Mike Hailwood
1970 Surtees / McLaren-Ford 18 3 0 0 Denny Hulme, Bruce McLaren
1969 BRM 11 6 0 1 Jackie Oliver, Pedro Rodríguez
1968 Honda 8 12 0 2 Jo Schlesser, David Hobbs
1967 Honda 4 20 1 2
1966 Cooper-Maserati / Ferrari 2 28 2 4 Jochen Rindt, Jo Siffert
1965 Ferrari 5 17 0 3 Lorenzo Bandini, Nino Vaccarella
1964 Ferrari 1 40 2 6 Lorenzo Bandini, Ludovico Scarfiotti
1963 Ferrari 4 22 1 3 Willy Mairesse, Lorenzo Bandini
1962 Lola 4 19 0 2 Roy Salvadori
1961 Cooper-Climax 12 4 0 0 Bruce McLaren, Jack Brabham
1960 Team Lotus 12 6 0 1 Innes Ireland, Jim Clark

Starts count Grands Prix with a classified result, sprints excluded. Figures cover the World Championship from 1958.