Juan Fangio vs Peter Collins, 1956

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

In the 1956 season, Juan Fangio and Peter Collins competed as teammates at Ferrari across 7 races. Fangio outqualified Collins 5 times and won 3 Grands Prix, while Collins secured 2 victories. Both drivers finished on the podium 5 times, but Fangio earned 34.5 championship points compared to Collins' 25, with both drivers achieving their best finish in 1st place. They had 2 races where their results could be directly compared.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
50Qualifyingof 5 compared
11Race 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.

1956 season
7
Races together
7
34.5
Points
25
3
Wins
2
5
Podiums
5
P1
Best finish
P1
3.4
Average grid
6.4
1.8
Average finish
1.6
1
Did not finish
2
Other seasons together:19581957195519541953