David Walker vs Emerson Fittipaldi, 1972

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

In the 1972 season, David Walker and Emerson Fittipaldi competed as teammates at Lotus-Borgward over 10 races. Fittipaldi outqualified Walker 10 times and finished ahead of him in 5 races, while Walker did not finish ahead of Fittipaldi in any race. Fittipaldi secured 61 championship points and won 5 Grands Prix, while Walker finished with 0 points and no wins.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
010Qualifyingof 10 compared
05Race finishesof 5 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
10
Races together
10
0
Points
61
0
Wins
5
0
Podiums
8
P9
Best finish
P1
19.8
Average grid
3.7
13.0
Average finish
2.6
5
Did not finish
3
Other seasons together:1971