As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Didier Pironi · Gilles Villeneuve
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
33
—
32
65 shared
Qualifying H2H
20
—
44
64 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
1
1
Top-3 finishes
1
P2
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 3
1978
P9
1979
P2
1980
P5
1981
P7
1982
P2
Teammate battle by season
8
7
1981
4
1
1982
Career totals
Didier Pironi
Gilles Villeneuve
Championships
0
0
Wins
3
6
Poles
4
2
Podiums
13
13
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
101
107
Starts
72
68
Rate-adjusted · per start
Didier Pironi
Gilles Villeneuve
Win rate
4.2%
8.8%
Podium rate
18.1%
19.1%
Pole rate
5.6%
2.9%
Points / start
1.4
1.6
Avg grid
P10.0
P7.8
Avg finish
P11.3
P10.9
Finish rate
65.3%
61.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Didier Pironi
Gilles Villeneuve
Mechanical retirements
13
15
Crash retirements
11
11
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
1977
1980 · aged 28
First win
1978 · aged 28
1980
First pole
1979
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.0
Avg places gained
-2.9
Season points trajectory
Didier Pironi
Gilles Villeneuve
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Didier Pironi | Gilles Villeneuve |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 2 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Zolder | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Long Beach | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 0 · P14 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Scandinavian Raceway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Las Vegas Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
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).