André Simon

French · 1951–1957
VS

Piero Taruffi

Italian · 1950–1956
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
1
1
Qualifyingahead
0
2
André Simon · Piero Taruffi
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3 5
8 shared
Qualifying H2H
1 7
8 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
1
Best championship
P3
Teammate battle by season
1
1
1952
Career totals
André Simon Piero Taruffi
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
5
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
41
Starts
11
18
Rate-adjusted · per start
André Simon Piero Taruffi
Win rate
0%
5.6%
Podium rate
0%
27.8%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.0
2.3
Avg grid
P13.2
P6.2
Avg finish
P12.8
P7.7
Finish rate
36.4%
72.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
André Simon Piero Taruffi
Mechanical retirements
7
4
Crash retirements
0
1
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1951
Debut season
1950
First win
1952 · aged 45
First pole
First title
P6
Best finish
P1
+0.4
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
André Simon Piero Taruffi
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit André Simon Piero Taruffi
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Bremgarten 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
André Simon 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1 Piero Taruffi
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P2
André Simon 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P2 Piero Taruffi
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
André Simon 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 Piero Taruffi
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8
André Simon 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8 Piero Taruffi
Circuit de Pedralbes 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
André Simon 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Piero Taruffi
Aintree 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
André Simon 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 Piero Taruffi
Team history
André Simon
SIM
FER
MER
MAS
GOR
MAS
Simca 1951Ferrari 1952Mercedes 1955Maserati 1955–1956Gordini 1956Maserati 1957
Piero Taruffi
ALF
FER
FER
MER
VAN
Alfa Romeo 1950Ferrari 1951–1952Ferrari 1954–1955Mercedes 1955Vanwall 1956
19501957
Basis

Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).