Patrick Depailler vs Ronnie Peterson, 1977

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

In the 1977 season, Patrick Depailler and Ronnie Peterson competed as teammates at Tyrrell across 17 races. Depailler outqualified Peterson 9 times and finished ahead of him in 1 race, while Peterson finished ahead in 2 races. Depailler scored 20 championship points and achieved 3 podium finishes, compared to Peterson's 7 points and 1 podium finish, with both drivers not winning any races.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
98Qualifyingof 17 compared
12Race finishesof 3 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.

1977 season
17
Races together
17
20
Points
7
0
Wins
0
3
Podiums
1
P2
Best finish
P3
9.5
Average grid
10.8
6.4
Average finish
8.4
9
Did not finish
10
Other seasons together:19781976197519741972