Didier Pironi vs Gilles Villeneuve, 1981

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

In the 1981 season, Didier Pironi and Gilles Villeneuve were teammates at Ferrari, competing in 15 races together. Villeneuve outqualified Pironi 10 times and finished ahead of him in 3 races, while Pironi finished ahead only once. Villeneuve scored 25 championship points and won 2 Grands Prix, while Pironi did not secure any wins or podium finishes, earning 9 points overall.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
510Qualifyingof 15 compared
13Race finishesof 4 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.

1981 season
15
Races together
15
9
Points
25
0
Wins
2
0
Podiums
3
P4
Best finish
P1
10.7
Average grid
7.0
7.5
Average finish
4.3
7
Did not finish
9
Other seasons together:1982198019791978