Jacques Laffite vs Patrick Tambay, 1981

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

In the 1981 season, Jacques Laffite and Patrick Tambay competed as teammates at Ligier across 14 races. Laffite outqualified Tambay 12 times and finished ahead of him in 3 out of 3 races they both completed. Laffite secured 44 championship points, won 2 grands prix, and achieved 7 podium finishes, while Tambay earned 1 point and did not finish on the podium.

Written automatically from the figures below.
122Qualifyingof 14 compared
30Race 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.

1981 season
14
Races together
14
44
Points
1
2
Wins
0
7
Podiums
0
P1
Best finish
P6
9.3
Average grid
14.8
3.0
Average finish
9.4
6
Did not finish
9
Other seasons together:19861985198419831982197919781977