Johnny Claes vs Philippe Étancelin, 1950

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

In the 1950 season, Johnny Claes and Philippe Étancelin competed as teammates at Talbot-Lago, with their performance compared across 6 races. Claes did not outqualify Étancelin and finished ahead only once, while Étancelin outqualified Claes 6 times and had a best finish of 5 compared to Claes' best of 7. Étancelin earned 3 championship points, while Claes finished with none.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
06Qualifyingof 6 compared
01Race finishesof 1 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.

1950 season
6
Races together
6
0
Points
3
0
Wins
0
0
Podiums
0
P7
Best finish
P5
17.3
Average grid
8.3
9.0
Average finish
6.0
2
Did not finish
3
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