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.
14Qualifyingof 5 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.

1951 season
5
Races together
5
0
Points
0
0
Wins
0
0
Podiums
0
P7
Best finish
P8
15.6
Average grid
13.2
11.0
Average finish
9.0
3
Did not finish
3
Other seasons together:19521950