Nelson Piquet vs Satoru Nakajima, 1989
Teammates at Lotus-Borgward — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 1989 season, Nelson Piquet and Satoru Nakajima were teammates at Lotus-Borgward, competing in 13 races together. Piquet outqualified Nakajima 11 times and finished ahead of him once, while Nakajima did not finish ahead in any race. Piquet scored 12 championship points compared to Nakajima's 3, with both drivers achieving a best finish of 4th place.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.11–2Qualifyingof 13 compared
1–0Race 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.
1989 season
1313
123
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00
P4P4
15.019.5
6.37.4
78