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Jack Fairman

  • 1953–1961
  • FAI
  • Born 15 March 1913 in Horley
  • Died 7 February 2002
  • John Eric George Fairman

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position18.9
  • Avg finish5.7
  • Retirement rate75%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+30
  • Points scored5
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak–
  • Longest points-scoring streak2
  • TeamsHWM (1953) · Connaught (1953, 1955–1956, 1958) · BRM (1957) · Cooper (1958–1961) · Ferguson (1961)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

The career at a glance

2 1953: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 0 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1956: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P10 1957: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1958: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1959: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1960: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1961: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 195319551957195919612 1953: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 0 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1956: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P10 1957: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1958: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1959: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1960: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1961: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953195619591961
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1953HWM, Connaught20–
1955Connaught00–
1956Connaught25P10
1957BRM10–
1958Connaught, Cooper20–
1959Cooper20–
1960Cooper10–
1961Ferguson, Cooper20–

Every race

13 entries, 12 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 13 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1953British Grand PrixHWM27DNF
Italian Grand PrixConnaught22NC
1955British Grand PrixConnaught21DNS
1956British Grand PrixConnaught21P43
Italian Grand PrixConnaught15P52
1957British Grand PrixBRM16DNF
1958British Grand PrixConnaught19DNF
Moroccan Grand PrixCooper11P8
1959British Grand PrixCooper15DNF
Italian Grand PrixCooper20DNF
1960British Grand PrixCooper15DNF
1961British Grand PrixFerguson20DSQ
Italian Grand PrixCooper26DNF

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Jack Brabham1958–19611:01:4+5.50%0 : 20Compare
Bruce McLaren1958–19611:01:4+3.96%0 : 11.5Compare
Maurice Trintignant1958–19610:00:4+3.80%0 : 2Compare
Roy Salvadori1953–19610:11:2+4.30%0 : 1Compare
Ian Burgess1959–19600:01:2+0.98%0 : 0Compare
Les leston1956–19570:01:1–2 : 0Compare
Ivor Bueb1958–19590:01:1–0 : 0Compare
Masten Gregory1959–19600:00:2–0 : 0Compare
Henry Taylor1959–19600:02:0–0 : 0Compare
Ron Flockhart19560:11:0–2 : 4Compare
Robert La Caze19581:01:0–0 : 0Compare
André Guelfi19581:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Peter Collins19530:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Lance Macklin19530:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Duncan Hamilton19530:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Desmond Titterington19560:00:1–3 : 0Compare
Archie Scott Brown19560:00:1–3 : 0Compare
Hans Herrmann19590:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Mike Taylor19590:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Chris Bristow19590:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Peter Ashdown19590:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Lucien Bianchi19600:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Chuck Daigh19600:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Keith Greene19600:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Tony Brooks19600:00:1–0 : 2Compare
Olivier Gendebien19600:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Gino Munaron19600:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Stirling Moss1959–19610:00:1–0 : 8Compare
Kenneth McAlpine19530:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Johnny Claes19530:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Colin Davis19590:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Giorgio Scarlatti19590:00:1–0 : 0Compare
John Surtees19610:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Jackie Lewis19610:00:1–0 : 3Compare
Lorenzo Bandini19610:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Renato Pirocchi19610:01:0–0 : 0Compare
François Picard19580:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Tom Bridger19580:01:0–0 : 0Compare

Green: Jack Fairman came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.

Strongest circuits

Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.

CircuitStartsWinsPodiumsAvg finish
Silverstone44
Monza45
Aintree3–