Jackie Oliver vs John Surtees, 1969

Teammates at BRM — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 1969 season, Jackie Oliver and John Surtees competed as teammates at BRM, with their performance compared over 10 races. Surtees outqualified Oliver 8 times and finished ahead of him in all races, achieving 6 championship points and a best finish of 3rd, while Oliver scored 1 point with a best finish of 6th. Neither driver won a race or achieved a podium finish, and both faced multiple retirements, with Oliver not finishing in 8 races compared to Surtees' 7.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
28Qualifyingof 10 compared
00Race finishesof 0 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.

1969 season
10
Races together
10
1
Points
6
0
Wins
0
0
Podiums
1
P6
Best finish
P3
12.8
Average grid
10.7
6.5
Average finish
5.7
8
Did not finish
7
Other seasons together:19721971197019681967