Championship record
2
World titles
5
2
Runner-up
2
4
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Emerson Fittipaldi
Juan Fangio
Championships
2
5
Wins
14
22
Poles
6
28
Podiums
35
31
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
281
260.64
Starts
146
51
Rate-adjusted · per start
Emerson Fittipaldi
Juan Fangio
Win rate
9.6%
43.1%
Podium rate
24%
60.8%
Pole rate
4.1%
54.9%
Points / start
1.9
5.1
Avg grid
P11.9
P2.0
Avg finish
P10.8
P4.8
Finish rate
66.4%
76.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Emerson Fittipaldi
Juan Fangio
Mechanical retirements
39
12
Crash retirements
5
0
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: 5 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1970
Debut season
1950
1970 · aged 23
First win
1950 · aged 38
1972
First pole
1950
1972 · aged 25
First title
1951 · aged 40
P1
Best finish
P1
+1.2
Avg places gained
-2.8
Season points trajectory
Emerson Fittipaldi
Juan Fangio
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Emerson Fittipaldi | Juan Fangio |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 2 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P6 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 3 · P2 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
Team history
Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus 1970Lotus-Ford 1971Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 1971Team Lotus 1972–1973McLaren 1974–1975Fittipaldi 1976–1980
Juan Fangio
Alfa Romeo 1950–1951Maserati 1953Mercedes 1954Maserati 1954Mercedes 1955Ferrari 1956Maserati 1957–1958
19501980
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).