Felice Bonetto vs Juan Fangio, 1953

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

In the 1953 season, Felice Bonetto and Juan Fangio competed as teammates at Maserati over 7 races. Fangio outqualified Bonetto 5 times and finished ahead of him in 2 races, while Bonetto did not finish ahead of Fangio at all. Fangio secured 29.5 championship points and 1 Grand Prix win, compared to Bonetto's 6.5 points and 0 wins, with both drivers classified in 2 races.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
15Qualifyingof 6 compared
02Race finishesof 2 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.

1953 season
7
Races together
7
6.5
Points
29.5
0
Wins
1
1
Podiums
4
P3
Best finish
P1
8.7
Average grid
3.4
4.3
Average finish
2.2
3
Did not finish
3
Other seasons together:19511950