Henri Pescarolo vs Ronnie Peterson, 1971

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

In the 1971 season, Henri Pescarolo and Ronnie Peterson were teammates at March-Ford, competing in 10 races together. Peterson outqualified Pescarolo 9 times and finished ahead of him 3 times, while Pescarolo managed to finish ahead only once. Peterson earned 33 championship points compared to Pescarolo's 4, with both drivers not achieving any race wins or podium finishes.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
19Qualifyingof 10 compared
13Race finishesof 4 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.

1971 season
10
Races together
10
4
Points
33
0
Wins
0
0
Podiums
5
P4
Best finish
P2
14.5
Average grid
9.0
7.3
Average finish
4.2
6
Did not finish
2
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