John Watson vs Niki Lauda, 1978
Teammates at Brabham — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 1978 season, John Watson and Niki Lauda were teammates at Brabham, competing in 16 races together. Lauda outqualified Watson 11 times and finished ahead of him in all 5 races they both classified. Lauda secured 44 championship points and 2 race wins, while Watson earned 25 points and did not win any races.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.5–11Qualifyingof 16 compared
0–5Race finishesof 5 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.
1978 season
1616
2544
02
37
P2P1
6.94.2
4.72.0
69