Johnny Claes vs Philippe Étancelin, 1951
Teammates at Talbot-Lago — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 1951 season, Johnny Claes and Philippe Étancelin competed as teammates at Talbot-Lago, with their performance compared over 5 races. Claes outqualified Étancelin once and finished ahead of him in 0 races, while Étancelin outqualified Claes 4 times and finished ahead once. Both drivers scored 0 championship points, with Claes achieving a best finish of 7th and Étancelin 8th.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.1–4Qualifyingof 5 compared
0–1Race 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.
1951 season
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15.613.2
11.09.0
33