Eddie Cheever vs Jacques Laffite, 1982

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

In the 1982 season, Eddie Cheever and Jacques Laffite competed as teammates at Ligier over 14 races. Cheever outqualified Laffite 8 times and finished ahead of him in 2 races, while Laffite finished ahead once. Cheever earned 15 championship points, compared to Laffite's 5, with both drivers achieving no race wins but Cheever securing 3 podium finishes to Laffite's 1.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
86Qualifyingof 14 compared
21Race finishesof 3 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.

1982 season
14
Races together
14
15
Points
5
0
Wins
0
3
Podiums
1
P2
Best finish
P3
15.6
Average grid
16.5
6.7
Average finish
8.0
8
Did not finish
11
Other seasons together:1986198519841983198119801978