Juan Fangio vs Karl Kling, 1954

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In the 1954 season, Juan Fangio and Karl Kling competed together in six races. Fangio outqualified Kling in all six instances and finished ahead of him four times in the four races they both classified. Fangio achieved six race wins and seven podium finishes, while Kling did not secure any wins and had one podium finish.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
60Qualifyingof 6 compared
40Race 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.

1954 season
6
Races together
6
57.14
Points
12
6
Wins
0
7
Podiums
1
P1
Best finish
P2
1.5
Average grid
8.7
1.6
Average finish
4.5
0
Did not finish
2
Other seasons together:1955