Nelson Piquet vs Niki Lauda, 1979

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

In the 1979 season, Nelson Piquet and Niki Lauda were teammates, competing in 14 races together. They had 13 races where their starting grids were compared, with Piquet outqualifying Lauda 6 times and Lauda outqualifying Piquet 7 times. Lauda finished ahead of Piquet once, while both drivers had no race wins or podium finishes, with Piquet earning 3 championship points and Lauda earning 4.

Written automatically from the figures below.
67Qualifyingof 13 compared
01Race finishesof 1 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.

1979 season
14
Races together
14
3
Points
4
0
Wins
0
0
Podiums
0
P4
Best finish
P4
9.1
Average grid
8.8
7.8
Average finish
5.0
11
Did not finish
12
Other seasons together:19851984198319821978