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di Grassi vs Surtees

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SurteesWinner
81.2

Surtees wins: Dominance, Honours

di Grassi
80.6

di Grassi wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 John Surtees
81.2

Surtees leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. The only person to win world titles on both two and four wheels.

1. John Surtees
81.2
2. Lucas di Grassi
80.6

Category breakdown

Season form · Race wins per season

Career timeline · Race wins per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Race wins per season
1. 🇧🇷 Lucas di Grassi5 seasons played · career day 1,8252 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 John Surtees5 seasons played · career day 3,2872 race wins
0.0% vs di Grassi at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 di Grassi0000212
🇬🇧 Surtees000002

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

Metricdi GrassiActiveSurteesRetired
Formula E titles1
Formula E wins13
Le Mans class wins1
Grand Prix starts18
Formula E podiums39
F1 world titles1
Motorcycle world titles7
Grand Prix wins6
Podiums24
Race starts111
Isle of Man TT wins6
Dominance w25%7278
Peak w20%9086
Longevity w20%8680
Honours w20%7484
Statistics w15%8478

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Surtees81.2
di Grassi80.6
The people
di Grassi
Surtees

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