- Starts5253 entries
- Wins00% of starts
- Podiums917% of starts
- Pole positions00× started from P1
- Fastest laps1
- Titles0best finish P4
Career numbers
- Avg grid position7.7
- Avg finish4.9
- Retirement rate52%
- Pole-to-win conversion–
- Positions gained+48
- Points scored51.1
- Longest winning streak–
- Longest podium streak3
- Longest points-scoring streak3
- TeamsGordini (1952–1954) · Maserati (1955–1958) · BRM (1958) · Ferrari (1959) · Behra-Porsche (1959)
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
Season by season
Every race
58 entries, 52 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entrySwiss Grand Prix 1952P3 · Gordini
- Last startFrench Grand Prix 1959DNF · Ferrari
All 58 races, season by season
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-mate | Years | Races | Qualifying | Quali gap | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Schell | 1953–1958 | 5:2 | 14:7 | −0.48% | 19 : 24 | Compare |
| Horace Gould | 1955–1958 | 3:0 | 12:0 | −8.06% | 17 : 2 | Compare |
| Maurice Trintignant | 1952–1958 | 1:1 | 2:9 | +2.83% | 2 : 4 | Compare |
| Stirling Moss | 1956–1957 | 2:3 | 2:5 | +0.59% | 32 : 29 | Compare |
| Paco Godia | 1956–1958 | 4:0 | 8:0 | −9.46% | 14 : 6 | Compare |
| Juan Manuel Fangio | 1957–1958 | 0:4 | 1:6 | +0.69% | 8 : 41 | Compare |
| Louis Rosier | 1955–1956 | 4:0 | 7:0 | −7.13% | 16 : 2 | Compare |
| Carlos Menditéguy | 1953–1958 | 3:0 | 6:1 | −1.28% | 17 : 6 | Compare |
| Cesare Perdisa | 1955–1956 | 3:1 | 5:0 | −2.94% | 12 : 5 | Compare |
| Robert Manzon | 1952–1953 | 0:1 | 2:5 | +1.39% | 6 : 9 | Compare |
| Roberto Mieres | 1953–1955 | 1:1 | 5:0 | −1.31% | 3 : 7 | Compare |
| Jo Bonnier | 1956–1958 | 1:0 | 6:0 | −5.47% | 6 : 3 | Compare |
| Luigi Villoresi | 1956 | 1:1 | 4:0 | −3.16% | 12 : 2 | Compare |
| Bruce Halford | 1956–1957 | 1:0 | 5:0 | −7.25% | 8 : 0 | Compare |
| Luigi Musso | 1955 | 0:1 | 3:1 | −1.47% | 3 : 6 | Compare |
| Luigi Piotti | 1956–1957 | 1:0 | 4:0 | −10.46% | 12 : 0 | Compare |
| Clemar Bucci | 1954–1955 | 0:0 | 3:1 | −3.57% | 0.1 : 0 | Compare |
| Phil Hill | 1959 | 1:0 | 2:1 | −1.28% | 2 : 9 | Compare |
| Masten Gregory | 1957 | 1:0 | 3:0 | −3.67% | 0 : 6 | Compare |
| Giorgio Scarlatti | 1957 | 1:0 | 3:0 | −5.31% | 0 : 1 | Compare |
| Birabongse Bhanudej | 1952 | 0:0 | 3:0 | −2.59% | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| Fred Wacker | 1953–1954 | 0:0 | 3:0 | −1.98% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Paul Frère | 1954 | 0:0 | 2:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| André Pilette | 1954 | 0:0 | 3:0 | −2.70% | 0.1 : 2 | Compare |
| André Simon | 1955–1957 | 0:0 | 3:0 | −8.33% | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| Tony Brooks | 1959 | 0:0 | 2:1 | −0.99% | 2 : 14 | Compare |
| Roy Salvadori | 1955–1956 | 0:0 | 2:1 | −2.64% | 8 : 0 | Compare |
| Cliff Allison | 1959 | 1:0 | 2:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Alberto Uria | 1955–1956 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 6 : 0 | Compare |
| Mike Hawthorn | 1956 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 6 : 4 | Compare |
| Chico Landi | 1956 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 6 : 1.5 | Compare |
| Jacques Pollet | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Umberto Maglioli | 1956 | 0:0 | 1:1 | −4.11% | 8 : 0 | Compare |
| Peter Collins | 1955 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| John Fitch | 1955 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Roger Loyer | 1954 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Élie Bayol | 1954 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 2 | Compare |
| José Froilán González | 1956 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 6 : 0 | Compare |
| Gerino Gerini | 1956 | 1:0 | 0:0 | – | 6 : 1.5 | Compare |
| Óscar González | 1956 | 1:0 | 0:0 | – | 6 : 0 | Compare |
| Johnny Claes | 1952 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Georges Berger | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Piero Taruffi | 1956 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| Dan Gurney | 1959 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Olivier Gendebien | 1959 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 3 | Compare |
| Ottorino Volonterio | 1956–1957 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| Hans Herrmann | 1957 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Lance Macklin | 1955 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jack Brabham | 1956 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| Ivor Bueb | 1957 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Ron Flockhart | 1958 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Peter Walker | 1955 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Sergio Mantovani | 1955 | 0:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Emmanuel de Graffenried | 1956 | 0:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
Green: Jean Behra 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.
| Circuit | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spa-Francorchamps | 6 | 6 | ||
| Nürburgring | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| Monza | 6 | 4 | ||
| Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 6 | 2 | 4.2 | |
| Reims-Gueux | 5 | 1 | 6.3 | |
| Zandvoort | 4 | 1 | 4.7 | |
| Silverstone | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Monaco | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Bremgarten | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 2 | 6.5 | ||
| Aintree | 2 | – |