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.6–7Qualifyingof 13 compared
0–1Race 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
1414
34
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P4P4
9.18.8
7.85.0
1112