Juan Fangio vs Karl Kling, 1955

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

In the 1955 season, Juan Fangio and Karl Kling competed as teammates at Mercedes across 5 races. Fangio outqualified Kling in all 5 instances and finished ahead of him in 2 out of 2 classified races. Fangio secured 4 wins and 5 podium finishes, while Kling did not achieve any wins and finished on the podium once.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
50Qualifyingof 5 compared
20Race finishesof 2 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.

1955 season
5
Races together
5
41
Points
5
4
Wins
0
5
Podiums
1
P1
Best finish
P3
1.7
Average grid
5.2
1.2
Average finish
3.5
1
Did not finish
3
Other seasons together:1954