Esteban Tuero vs Shinji Nakano, 1998

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

In the 1998 season, Esteban Tuero and Shinji Nakano were teammates at Minardi, competing in 16 races together. Tuero outqualified Nakano 5 times, while Nakano outqualified Tuero 11 times. In terms of race finishes, Tuero finished ahead of Nakano once, with Nakano achieving one finish ahead of Tuero. Both drivers scored 0 championship points and had no podium finishes, with Tuero's best finish being 8th and Nakano's 7th.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
511Qualifyingof 16 compared
01Race finishesof 1 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.

1998 season
16
Races together
16
0
Points
0
0
Wins
0
0
Podiums
0
P8
Best finish
P7
20.2
Average grid
19.9
12.5
Average finish
11.7
12
Did not finish
6