Gilles Villeneuve vs Jody Scheckter, 1979
Teammates at Ferrari — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 1979 season, Gilles Villeneuve and Jody Scheckter were teammates at Ferrari, competing in 15 races together. Villeneuve outqualified Scheckter 8 times and finished ahead of him 6 times, while Scheckter finished ahead 5 times. Both drivers won 3 Grands Prix, but Scheckter earned 60 championship points compared to Villeneuve's 53, with their average finishes being 4.3 and 3.3, respectively.
Written automatically from the figures below.8–7Qualifyingof 15 compared
6–5Race finishesof 11 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.
1979 season
1515
5360
33
76
P1P1
5.16.1
4.33.3
32