Carlos Pace vs Ronnie Peterson, 1972

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

In the 1972 season, Carlos Pace and Ronnie Peterson were teammates at March, competing in 11 races together. Peterson outqualified Pace 8 times and finished ahead of him in 2 races, while Pace managed to finish ahead once. Peterson scored 12 championship points compared to Pace's 3, with both drivers having no race wins, but Peterson achieved 1 podium finish.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
38Qualifyingof 11 compared
12Race 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.

1972 season
11
Races together
11
3
Points
12
0
Wins
0
0
Podiums
1
P5
Best finish
P3
16.3
Average grid
11.8
10.8
Average finish
7.1
6
Did not finish
2
Other seasons together:19771976197519741973