Nelson Piquet vs Satoru Nakajima, 1988

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

In the 1988 season, Nelson Piquet and Satoru Nakajima competed as teammates at Lotus-Borgward across 14 races. Piquet outqualified Nakajima 13 times and finished ahead of him 5 times, while Nakajima finished ahead only once. Piquet scored 22 championship points, compared to Nakajima's 1, with both drivers having no race wins.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
131Qualifyingof 14 compared
51Race finishesof 6 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.

1988 season
14
Races together
14
22
Points
1
0
Wins
0
3
Podiums
0
P3
Best finish
P6
7.0
Average grid
11.1
4.8
Average finish
8.1
7
Did not finish
6
Other seasons together:1991199019891987