Mario Andretti vs Ronnie Peterson, 1978
Teammates at Lotus-Borgward — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 1978 season, Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson competed as teammates at Lotus-Borgward across 14 races. Andretti outqualified Peterson 11 times and finished ahead of him 6 times, while Peterson finished ahead just once. Andretti secured 64 championship points and won 6 Grands Prix, compared to Peterson's 51 points and 2 wins, with both drivers achieving 7 podium finishes.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.11–3Qualifyingof 14 compared
6–1Race finishesof 7 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.
1978 season
1414
6451
62
77
P1P1
2.34.1
3.82.4
45