Andrea de Cesaris vs Jacques Laffite, 1985
Teammates at Ligier — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 1985 season, Andrea de Cesaris and Jacques Laffite were teammates at Ligier, competing in 11 races together. De Cesaris outqualified Laffite 7 times and finished ahead of him 2 times, while Laffite finished ahead once. Laffite scored 16 championship points, compared to de Cesaris's 3, with both drivers achieving no race wins or podium finishes.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.7–4Qualifyingof 11 compared
2–1Race finishesof 3 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.
1985 season
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316
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03
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13.116.5
9.36.4
87