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UNITED KINGDOM
John Surtees
BORN 1934-02-11 / DIED 2017-03-10 / 1960–1972 / 8 CONSTRUCTORS
CAREER · LIFETIME
The big numbers
STARTS
111
WINS
6
PODIUMS
24
POLES
8
FL
11
TITLES
1
PTS
180
CHART · 01
Career cumulative wins by year
Step plot with title-year markers (the yellow rings). Tap a point for the year's count.
Cumulative race wins by season for John Surtees, with championship seasons marked.
DATA
| YEAR | WINS | CUM | CHAMPION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1961 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1962 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1963 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1964 | 2 | 3 | YES |
| 1965 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1966 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1967 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1968 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1969 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1970 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1971 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1972 | 0 | 6 |
CHART · 02
Finishing-position distribution by season
One box per season — quartiles + whiskers. Purple ticks mark wins (P1 finishes).
Distribution of finishing positions by season for John Surtees, including best, median, and worst classified finishes.
DATA
| YEAR | RACES | BEST | MEDIAN | WORST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1961 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 1962 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 1963 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 1964 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1965 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 1966 | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 1967 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1968 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 1969 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 1970 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 1971 | 8 | 5 | 7.5 | 17 |
| 1972 | 0 | — | — | — |
CHART · 03
Win rate by season
Bars are wins ÷ starts per season. Purple bars are dominant years (≥50%).
Percentage of race starts won in each season by John Surtees.
DATA
| YEAR | WINS | STARTS | RATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 1961 | 0 | 8 | 0% |
| 1962 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 1963 | 1 | 10 | 10% |
| 1964 | 2 | 10 | 20% |
| 1965 | 0 | 8 | 0% |
| 1966 | 2 | 9 | 22% |
| 1967 | 1 | 9 | 11% |
| 1968 | 0 | 12 | 0% |
| 1969 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 1970 | 0 | 11 | 0% |
| 1971 | 0 | 11 | 0% |
| 1972 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
SEASONS · 13
By the year
Every season this driver entered. Click a year to open that season's timing sheet.
| YEAR | CONSTRUCTORS | POS | STARTS | WINS | PODIUMS | POLES | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Surtees | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | Surtees | P19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1970 | Surtees / McLaren | P18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1969 | BRM | P11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1968 | Honda | P8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 1967 | Honda | P4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| 1966 | Ferrari / Cooper | P2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 28 |
| 1965 | Ferrari | P5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| 1964 | Ferrari | P1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 40 |
| 1963 | Ferrari | P4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| 1962 | Lola | P4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 1961 | Cooper | P12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1960 | Lotus | P12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
BEST CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION P1 · LAST RACED 1972