Eddie Cheever
American · 1978–1989
VS

Jacques Laffite
French · 1974–1986
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
9
5
Qualifyingahead
8
6
Eddie Cheever · Jacques Laffite
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
33 — 50
83 shared
Qualifying H2H
40 — 42
83 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P7
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 2 · 2
1981 P4 1982 P12 1983 P7 1984 P14
Teammate battle by season
9
5
1982
Career totals
Eddie Cheever Jacques Laffite
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
6
Poles
0
7
Podiums
9
33
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
70
228
Starts
132
177
Rate-adjusted · per start
Eddie Cheever Jacques Laffite
Win rate
0%
3.4%
Podium rate
6.8%
18.6%
Pole rate
0%
4%
Points / start
0.5
1.3
Avg grid
P14.6
P11.5
Avg finish
P14.0
P11.9
Finish rate
41.7%
53.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Eddie Cheever Jacques Laffite
Mechanical retirements
64
60
Crash retirements
10
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: 3 · 10
Milestones & racecraft
1978
Debut season
1974
—
First win
1977 · aged 33
—
First pole
1976
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P1
+0.6
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988
Eddie Cheever Jacques Laffite
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Eddie Cheever Jacques Laffite
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 4 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 4 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
Zolder 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 3 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P3
Detroit Street Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P3
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2
Jarama 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2
Kyalami 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Las Vegas Street Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P6
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P7
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P10
Long Beach 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P8
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P14
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · —
Fair Park 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Eddie Cheever
ALF
ARR
Hesketh 1978Osella 1980Tyrrell 1981Ligier 1982Renault 1983Alfa Romeo 1984–1985Lola 1986Arrows 1987–1989
Jacques Laffite
LIG
WIL
LIG
Iso Marlboro 1974Williams 1975Ligier 1976–1982Williams 1983–1984Ligier 1985–1986
19741989
Eddie Cheever → Jacques Laffite → Compare others
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).