George Follmer vs Jackie Oliver, 1973

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

In the 1973 season, George Follmer and Jackie Oliver competed as teammates at Shadow, participating in 12 races together. Follmer outqualified Oliver 5 times and finished ahead of him 2 times, while Oliver outqualified Follmer 7 times and finished ahead of him 1 time. Both drivers had a best finish of 3rd and earned 5 and 4 championship points, respectively, with each achieving 1 podium finish.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
57Qualifyingof 12 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.

1973 season
12
Races together
12
5
Points
4
0
Wins
0
1
Podiums
1
P3
Best finish
P3
18.9
Average grid
18.1
10.6
Average finish
9.4
5
Did not finish
8