Didier Pironi
French · 1978–1982
VS

Jean-Pierre Jarier
French · 1971–1983
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
5
8
Qualifyingahead
8
5
Didier Pironi · Jean-Pierre Jarier
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
32 — 21
53 shared
Qualifying H2H
39 — 13
52 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
1
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P11
Finished ahead in the standings: 3 · 0
1979 P10 1980 P5 1982 P2
Teammate battle by season
5
8
1979
Career totals
Didier Pironi Jean-Pierre Jarier
Championships
0
0
Wins
3
0
Poles
4
3
Podiums
13
3
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
101
31.5
Starts
72
138
Rate-adjusted · per start
Didier Pironi Jean-Pierre Jarier
Win rate
4.2%
0%
Podium rate
18.1%
2.2%
Pole rate
5.6%
2.2%
Points / start
1.4
0.2
Avg grid
P10.0
P14.7
Avg finish
P11.3
P14.5
Finish rate
65.3%
48.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Didier Pironi Jean-Pierre Jarier
Mechanical retirements
13
49
Crash retirements
11
16
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 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
1978
Debut season
1971
1980 · aged 28
First win
—
1980
First pole
1975
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P3
-1.0
Avg places gained
+0.2
Season points trajectory
1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983
Didier Pironi Jean-Pierre Jarier
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Didier Pironi Jean-Pierre Jarier
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Zolder 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Kyalami 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Watkins Glen 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P9
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P8
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
Brands Hatch 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3
Detroit Street Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Long Beach 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P6
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P7
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P12
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P8
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P12
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P7
Jarama 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P5
Scandinavian Raceway 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P5
Las Vegas Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Didier Pironi
TYR
FER
Tyrrell 1978–1979Ligier 1980Ferrari 1981–1982
Jean-Pierre Jarier
SHA
TYR
OSE
March-Ford 1971March 1973Shadow 1974Shadow-Ford 1975Shadow-Matra 1975Shadow 1976–1977Penske 1977Ligier 1977Team Lotus 1978ATS 1978Tyrrell 1979–1980Ligier 1981Osella 1981–1982Ligier 1983
19711983
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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).