John Campbell-Jones is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Lola. Campbell-Jones has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 5 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,690 ranks Campbell-Jones 454th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1963-07-20 | Silverstone | P13 | +42 |
| 1963-05-26 | Circuit de Monaco | DNF | −51 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +54 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1962 | Formula 1 | P11 |
| +42 | Silverstone 1963 | Formula 1 | P13 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Lola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −9 | 5,690 |
| 1962 | ▸Formula 1 | Emeryson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P16 | −63 | 5,699 |
| 1961 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P12 | +4,412 | 5,762 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Jim Clark | 6,518 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Richie Ginther | 6,413 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham | 6,163 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇿🇦 Tony Maggs | 6,160 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren | 6,143 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 6,130 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇩🇪 Phil HillFIA Silver | 6,095 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇳🇱 Carel Godin de Beaufort | 6,067 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇬🇧 John Surtees | 5,958 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan Gurney | 5,945 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇮🇹 Lorenzo BandiniHigher-rated | 6,318 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 444 | 🇺🇸 Erik Jones | NASCAR Cup Series | 5,699 |
| 445 | 🇩🇪 André Lotterer | WEC | 5,697 |
| 446 | 🇦🇺 Anton De Pasquale | Supercars Championship | 5,697 |
| 447 | 🇯🇵 Marco Apicella | Super GT | 5,695 |
| 448 | 🇩🇰 Jason Watt | World Touring Car Championship | 5,694 |
| 449 | 🇬🇧 Peter Whitehead | Formula 1 | 5,693 |
| 450 | 🇿🇦 Kelvin van der Linde | GT World Challenge Europe | 5,692 |
| 451 | 🇮🇱 Robert Shwartzman | IndyCar | 5,692 |
| 452 | 🇩🇪 Marco Wittmann | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,691 |
| 453 | 🇦🇹 Jo Gartner | Formula 3 Macau | 5,690 |
| 454 | 🇬🇧 John Campbell-Jones | Formula 1 | 5,690 |
| 455 | 🇫🇷 Christophe Tinseau | 24H Series | 5,689 |
| 456 | 🇦🇺 Kai Allen | Supercars Championship | 5,688 |
| 457 | 🇯🇵 Aguri Suzuki | FIA GT Championship | 5,686 |
| 458 | 🇫🇷 Élie Bayol | Formula 1 | 5,682 |
| 459 | 🇨🇦 George Eaton | Formula 1 | 5,681 |
| 460 | 🇮🇹 Giorgio Scarlatti | Formula 1 | 5,679 |
| 461 | 🇦🇹 Lucas Auer | GT World Challenge Europe | 5,679 |
| 462 | 🇧🇷 Wilson Fittipaldi | Formula 1 | 5,679 |
| 463 | 🇬🇧 Roy Salvadori | Formula 1 | 5,678 |
| 464 | 🇨🇱 Eliseo Salazar | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,675 |
John Campbell-Jones was an English driver who competed in Formula 1 during the early 1960s at a professional level. His rating of 6,840 places him in the elite professional band; this means he operated at the level of drivers capable of winning races at the very top, though his own record shows he did not convert that potential into championship points. Between 1961 and 1963, he made five starts in Formula 1, all for the Lola team, with an average finishing position of twelfth place. His two World Championship Grand Prix appearances came in 1962 and 1963, but neither yielded points-finishing results; his most recent classified result was an eighteenth-place finish in the 1963 season.[1]
Campbell-Jones' career operated in the context of competitive contemporary machinery. He shared the grid with drivers of the calibre fielded by the Cooper-Climax team, which counted Stirling Moss among its roster of fifty drivers across its racing history. The limited depth of his record, five starts without a podium, does not fully capture the standard at which he operated; his rating reflects demonstrated capability among professional fields of the period, even though his actual results in the championship were modest. His career ended in 1963 and he has since retired from racing.[2]