John Miles is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Team Lotus. Miles has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 13 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,365 ranks Miles 802th 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.
| 1970-09-06 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | DNF | −97 |
| 1970-08-16 | Red Bull Ring | DNF | −118 |
| 1970-08-02 | Hockenheimring | DNF | −7 |
| 1970-07-18 | Brands Hatch | DNF | −90 |
| 1970-07-05 | Charade Circuit | P8 | +63 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | ▸Formula 1 | Team Lotus | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | P19 | −99 | 4,365 |
| 1969 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Ford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | P19 | −336 | 4,464 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Jackie Stewart | 5,923 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇦🇹 Jochen Rindt | 5,070 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Beltoise | 4,768 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham | 5,211 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 5,097 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇫🇷 Henri Pescarolo | 4,475 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
John Miles was a British racing driver who competed in Formula 1 for two seasons between 1969 and 1970, accumulating 13 starts for Team Lotus. He scored championship points once, a fifth-place finish in the 1970 South African Grand Prix, but did not win or podium in the series. His average finishing position across classified races was seventh, a respectable outcome given the calibre of the field. Miles was the official test driver for Team Lotus's experimental 4-wheel-drive Lotus 63 and made his debut in that car at the British Grand Prix in July 1969.[1]
In his limited time at the highest level of single-seater racing, Miles regularly competed against multiple world champions and front-running professionals of his era. He finished ahead of Jackie Stewart, a three-time champion, on one occasion and also beat other strong drivers including François Cevert and Pedro Rodríguez twice. However, his head-to-head records against the leading drivers of the period ran against him; he finished behind Jochen Rindt and Jean-Pierre Beltoise in three of four shared races each, and behind Stewart in three of four meetings. His career remained concentrated at the Formula 1 level without sustained success, and he retired from active racing after the 1970 season.[2]