Andrea de Cesaris
Italian · 1980–1994
VS

Jacques Laffite
French · 1974–1986
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
5
6
Qualifyingahead
7
4
Andrea de Cesaris · Jacques Laffite
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
36 — 43
79 shared
Qualifying H2H
43 — 35
78 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P8
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 2 · 3
1981 P4 1982 P17 1983 P8 1984 P14 1985 P9
Teammate battle by season
5
6
1985
Career totals
Andrea de Cesaris Jacques Laffite
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
6
Poles
1
7
Podiums
5
33
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
59
228
Starts
209
177
Rate-adjusted · per start
Andrea de Cesaris Jacques Laffite
Win rate
0%
3.4%
Podium rate
2.4%
18.6%
Pole rate
0.5%
4%
Points / start
0.3
1.3
Avg grid
P14.4
P11.5
Avg finish
P15.7
P11.9
Finish rate
35.4%
53.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Andrea de Cesaris Jacques Laffite
Mechanical retirements
98
60
Crash retirements
36
12
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both. Retirements with an unclear cause: 1 · 10
Milestones & racecraft
1980
Debut season
1974
—
First win
1977 · aged 33
1982
First pole
1976
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P1
-1.2
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992
Andrea de Cesaris Jacques Laffite
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Andrea de Cesaris Jacques Laffite
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Hockenheimring 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 4 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 4 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · — 0 · 3 · P2
Zolder 0 · 0 · — 0 · 3 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 2 · P3
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 2 · P3
Kyalami 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 2 · P2
Jarama 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Detroit Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P2
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P14
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P10
Long Beach 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P8
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · —
Las Vegas Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P6
Fair Park 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Andrea de Cesaris
Alfa Romeo 1980McLaren 1981Alfa Romeo 1982–1983Ligier 1984–1985Minardi 1986Brabham 1987Rial 1988Dallara 1989–1990Jordan 1991Tyrrell 1992–1993Sauber 1994Jordan 1994
Jacques Laffite
LIG
Iso Marlboro 1974Williams 1975Ligier 1976–1982Williams 1983–1984Ligier 1985–1986
19741994
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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).