Jack Brabham 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, Jack Brabham and John Surtees competed as teammates at Cooper-Climax across 8 races. Brabham outqualified Surtees 5 times and finished ahead of him once, while Surtees finished ahead of Brabham 0 times. Both drivers scored 4 championship points, with Brabham achieving a best finish of 4th and Surtees 5th.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.5–3Qualifyingof 8 compared
1–0Race finishesof 1 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.
1961 season
88
44
00
00
P4P5
9.410.0
5.07.0
64