Mike Beuttler vs Ronnie Peterson, 1971
Teammates at March-Ford — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 1971 season, Mike Beuttler and Ronnie Peterson were teammates at March-Ford, competing in five races together. Ronnie Peterson outqualified Mike Beuttler in all five instances and finished ahead of him in each race, with Peterson achieving an average finish of 4.2 and Beuttler not finishing any race. Peterson scored 33 championship points, while Beuttler scored none, and neither driver won any races or achieved podium finishes.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.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.