CREATE TABLE table_204_976 (id NUMBER, "pos" CLOB, "driver" CLOB, "entrant" CLOB, "constructor" CLOB, "time/retired" CLOB, "grid" NUMBER)

who came in earlier , tony maggs or jo siffert ?
SELECT "driver" FROM table_204_976 WHERE "driver" IN ('tony maggs', 'jo siffert') ORDER BY "pos" LIMIT 1
SELECT "driver" FROM "table_204_976" WHERE "driver" IN ('tony maggs', 'jo siffert') ORDER BY "pos" FETCH FIRST 1 ROWS ONLY