Jacques Laffite vs Patrick Depailler, 1979
Teammates at Ligier — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 1979 season, Jacques Laffite and Patrick Depailler raced together at Ligier, competing in 7 races. Laffite outqualified Depailler 4 times and finished ahead 2 times, while Depailler did not finish ahead in any race. Laffite scored 36 championship points, won 2 Grands Prix, and achieved 6 podium finishes, compared to Depailler's 22 points, 1 win, and 2 podiums.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.4–3Qualifyingof 7 compared
2–0Race 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.
1979 season
77
3622
21
62
P1P1
4.82.9
3.03.4
82