Jos Verstappen vs Mika Salo, 1997
Teammates at Tyrrell — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 1997 season, Jos Verstappen and Mika Salo were teammates at Tyrrell, competing in 17 races together. Salo outqualified Verstappen 10 times and finished ahead of him in 4 of the 4 races they both classified. Verstappen scored 0 championship points, while Salo earned 2 points, with both drivers failing to secure any podium finishes or race wins.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.7–10Qualifyingof 17 compared
0–4Race finishesof 4 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.
1997 season
1717
02
00
00
P8P5
19.718.9
11.910.1
99