As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Didier Pironi · Patrick Depailler
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
15
—
16
31 shared
Qualifying H2H
9
—
22
31 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
1
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 2
1978
P5
1979
P6
Teammate battle by season
6
10
1978
Career totals
Didier Pironi
Patrick Depailler
Championships
0
0
Wins
3
2
Poles
4
1
Podiums
13
19
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
101
141
Starts
72
95
Rate-adjusted · per start
Didier Pironi
Patrick Depailler
Win rate
4.2%
2.1%
Podium rate
18.1%
20%
Pole rate
5.6%
1.1%
Points / start
1.4
1.5
Avg grid
P10.0
P9.3
Avg finish
P11.3
P11.1
Finish rate
65.3%
56.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Didier Pironi
Patrick Depailler
Mechanical retirements
13
26
Crash retirements
11
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1978
Debut season
1972
1980 · aged 28
First win
1978 · aged 33
1980
First pole
1974
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.0
Avg places gained
-1.8
Season points trajectory
Didier Pironi
Patrick Depailler
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Didier Pironi | Patrick Depailler |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Zolder | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Long Beach | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Scandinavian Raceway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 0 · P14 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 0 · 0 · P6 | 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).