Arturo Merzario vs Jacques Laffite, 1974

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

In the 1974 season, Arturo Merzario and Jacques Laffite were teammates at Iso Marlboro, competing in 5 races together. Merzario outqualified Laffite 3 times and had an average grid position of 12.6 compared to Laffite's 15.8. However, neither driver finished ahead of the other in any race, and Merzario scored 4 championship points while Laffite scored none.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
32Qualifyingof 5 compared
00Race finishesof 0 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.

1974 season
5
Races together
5
4
Points
0
0
Wins
0
0
Podiums
0
P4
Best finish
P15
12.6
Average grid
15.8
6.3
Average finish
15.0
11
Did not finish
4
Other seasons together:19791978197719761975