Didier Pironi

French · 1978–1982
VS

Geoff Lees

British · 1979–1982
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
0
1
Qualifyingahead
1
0
Didier Pironi · Geoff Lees
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3 2
5 shared
Qualifying H2H
5 0
5 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
1
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1979
Career totals
Didier Pironi Geoff Lees
Championships
0
0
Wins
3
0
Poles
4
0
Podiums
13
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
101
0
Starts
72
5
Rate-adjusted · per start
Didier Pironi Geoff Lees
Win rate
4.2%
0%
Podium rate
18.1%
0%
Pole rate
5.6%
0%
Points / start
1.4
0.0
Avg grid
P10.0
P22.6
Avg finish
P11.3
P15.2
Finish rate
65.3%
60%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Didier Pironi Geoff Lees
Mechanical retirements
13
0
Crash retirements
11
2
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1978
Debut season
1979
1980 · aged 28
First win
1980
First pole
First title
P1
Best finish
P7
-1.0
Avg places gained
+7.4
Season points trajectory
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
Didier Pironi Geoff Lees
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Didier Pironi Geoff Lees
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Didier Pironi 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · — Geoff Lees
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P12
Didier Pironi 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P12 Geoff Lees
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Didier Pironi 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — Geoff Lees
Kyalami 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P13
Didier Pironi 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P13 Geoff Lees
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P7
Didier Pironi 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P7 Geoff Lees
Team history
Didier Pironi
TYR
LIG
FER
Tyrrell 1978–1979Ligier 1980Ferrari 1981–1982
Geoff Lees
TYR
ENS
SHA
TEA
THE
Tyrrell 1979Ensign 1980Shadow 1980Team Lotus 1982Theodore 1982
19781982
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).