Niki Lauda vs Nelson Piquet

Team-mates 1978 to 1979. Compare with someone else

Career totals

Niki Lauda		Nelson Piquet
13	Seasons	14
170	Starts	204
25	Wins	23
14.7	Win rate %	11.3
24	Poles	24
54	Podiums	60
31.8	Podium rate %	29.4
8	Fastest laps	21
420.5	Points	485.5
2.47	Points per start	2.38
76	Retirements	80
3	World titles	3
1	Best championship	1

As team-mates: 13 races

Niki Lauda		Nelson Piquet
2	Finished ahead	3
7	Started ahead (grid)	6
0	Wins	0
0	Podiums	0
4	Points	0

Season by season as team-mates

Season	Races	Race head-to-head	Grid head-to-head	Points
1978	1	0–1	1–0	0–0
1979	12	2–2	6–6	4–0

Head-to-head counts races both drivers started for the same team. A driver who finished ahead of a retired team-mate counts as ahead. Grid head-to-head uses the starting grid, so penalties are included.

All shared races: 74

Across every race both drivers started, for any team: Niki Lauda finished ahead 22 times, Nelson Piquet 24 times. Grid: 22–52. Wins in those races: 9–7. Points: 145–121.

After the same number of starts

Starts	Niki Lauda wins	Nelson Piquet wins	Niki Lauda podiums	Nelson Piquet podiums	Niki Lauda points	Nelson Piquet points
10	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	0	1	0	2	2	21
50	5	6	9	13	78	107
75	13	8	26	20	197.5	164
100	17	12	39	27	288.5	216
150	22	20	48	52	367.5	396
200	–	23	–	60	–	482

Points are under the system of each era, so they compare drivers of the same era best.