Jim Clark vs Stirling Moss, 1961

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

In the 1961 season, Jim Clark and Stirling Moss competed as teammates at Lotus-Climax across 8 races. Moss outqualified Clark 6 times and finished ahead of him 3 times, while Clark managed to finish ahead only once. Moss secured 21 championship points and won 2 Grands Prix, whereas Clark earned 11 points without any wins, with both drivers achieving 2 podium finishes.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
26Qualifyingof 8 compared
13Race finishesof 4 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
8
Races together
8
11
Points
21
0
Wins
2
2
Podiums
2
P3
Best finish
P1
8.5
Average grid
6.8
6.5
Average finish
3.5
2
Did not finish
4
Other seasons together:1960