Emerson Fittipaldi vs Ronnie Peterson, 1973
Teammates at Lotus-Borgward — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 1973 season, Emerson Fittipaldi and Ronnie Peterson competed as teammates at Lotus-Borgward over 15 races. Peterson outqualified Fittipaldi 11 times and finished ahead of him 3 times, while Fittipaldi finished ahead 2 times. Fittipaldi earned 55 championship points and won 3 Grands Prix, while Peterson secured 52 points and won 4 races. They had 5 races classified for direct comparison.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.4–11Qualifyingof 15 compared
2–3Race 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.
1973 season
1515
5552
34
87
P1P1
5.51.9
3.53.7
46