Didier Pironi vs Patrick Depailler, 1978
Teammates at Tyrrell — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 1978 season, Didier Pironi and Patrick Depailler were teammates at Tyrrell, competing in 16 races together. Pironi outqualified Depailler 2 times, while Depailler outqualified Pironi 14 times. Depailler finished ahead of Pironi in 4 out of 4 races they both classified, earning 34 championship points compared to Pironi's 7, and securing 1 race win and 5 podium finishes, while Pironi had none.
Written automatically from the figures below.
Qualifying2–14of 16 compared
Race finishes0–4of 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.