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 4,542 ranks Campbell-Jones 676th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1963-07-20 | Silverstone Circuit | P13 | +29 |
| 1963-05-26 | Circuit de Monaco | DNF | −64 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Lola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −34 | 4,542 |
| 1962 | ▸Formula 1 | Emeryson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −81 | 4,576 |
| 1961 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −143 | 4,657 |
John Campbell-Jones was an English Formula 1 driver who competed for Lola across three seasons from 1961 to 1963, accumulating five starts in the World Championship. He did not score points or take a podium finish during his career; his average finishing position across all classified races was twelfth. A single start with Cooper-Climax, the team that also fielded Stirling Moss and accumulated twelve wins across its index history, represented his closest association with a front-running outfit. The driver's Racer Rating of 4,542 places him in the broad band of drivers who competed in professional single-seater racing during the period but did not establish themselves as regulars at that level.[1]
Campbell-Jones's career coincided with a transitional era in Formula 1; he made his World Championship debut in June 1962 and competed through 1963, when he finished eighteenth in his final two rounds. Beyond his five championship starts, he participated in numerous non-championship Formula 1 races, a common path for drivers seeking to build experience in the early 1960s. His inability to progress beyond occasional entries reflects the competitive density of the field and the difficulty of securing consistent drives in the sport's premier category without backing or a seat at an established team.[2]