Carlos Reutemann vs Gilles Villeneuve, 1978
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In the 1978 season, Carlos Reutemann and Gilles Villeneuve raced together in 16 events. Reutemann outqualified Villeneuve 11 times and finished ahead of him in 3 races, while Villeneuve finished ahead in 4. Reutemann secured 48 championship points and won 4 Grands Prix, compared to Villeneuve's 17 points and 1 victory, with both drivers achieving a best finish of 1.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.11–5Qualifyingof 16 compared
3–4Race finishesof 7 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.
1978 season
1616
4817
41
72
P1P1
6.16.8
5.36.8
46