Nigel Mansell vs Riccardo Patrese, 1991

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

In the 1991 season, Nigel Mansell and Riccardo Patrese were teammates at Williams, competing in 16 races together. Mansell outqualified Patrese 7 times and finished ahead of him 5 times, while Patrese outqualified Mansell 9 times and finished ahead 2 times. Mansell secured 72 championship points and won 5 Grands Prix, compared to Patrese's 53 points and 2 wins, with both drivers achieving a best finish of 1.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
79Qualifyingof 16 compared
52Race finishesof 7 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.

1991 season
16
Races together
16
72
Points
53
5
Wins
2
9
Podiums
8
P1
Best finish
P1
2.9
Average grid
3.6
1.9
Average finish
3.0
6
Did not finish
5