Alessandro Nannini vs Thierry Boutsen, 1988

Teammates at Benetton — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 1988 season, Alessandro Nannini and Thierry Boutsen were teammates at Benetton, competing in 16 races together. They each outqualified the other 8 times, but Boutsen finished ahead of Nannini 4 times compared to Nannini's 2. Boutsen scored 27 championship points, while Nannini earned 12, with both drivers achieving a best finish of 3rd and neither securing a race win.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
88Qualifyingof 16 compared
24Race finishesof 6 compared

Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.

1988 season
16
Races together
16
12
Points
27
0
Wins
0
2
Podiums
5
P3
Best finish
P3
7.3
Average grid
8.4
7.1
Average finish
5.2
8
Did not finish
3
Other seasons together:1990198919871986