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.
115Qualifyingof 16 compared
34Race 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
16
Races together
16
48
Points
17
4
Wins
1
7
Podiums
2
P1
Best finish
P1
6.1
Average grid
6.8
5.3
Average finish
6.8
4
Did not finish
6
Other seasons together:19821981198019791977