Bruce McLaren vs John Surtees, 1961
Teammates at Cooper-Climax — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 1961 season, Bruce McLaren and John Surtees competed as teammates at Cooper-Climax, with 8 races compared. Surtees outqualified McLaren 5 times and finished ahead 2 times, while McLaren outqualified Surtees 3 times and finished ahead once. McLaren scored 11 championship points and had 1 podium finish, whereas Surtees scored 4 points and did not achieve any podiums.
Written automatically from the figures below.
Qualifying3–5of 8 compared
Race finishes1–2of 3 compared
Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.