Jim Clark vs Mike Spence, 1965

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

In the 1965 season, Jim Clark and Mike Spence raced together for Lotus-Climax, competing in 9 races. Clark outqualified Spence 8 times and finished ahead of him in all 6 classified races. Clark secured 54 championship points, won 6 Grands Prix, and achieved 6 podium finishes, while Spence earned 10 points, did not win any races, and finished on the podium once.

Written automatically from the figures below.
Qualifying81of 9 compared
Race finishes60of 6 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.

1965 season
54
Points
10
6
Wins
0
6
Podiums
1
P1
Best finish
P3
On track
2.1
Average grid
7.1
2.3
Average finishRaces they were classified in.
6.3
2
Did not finish
2
Other seasons together:19681967196619641963