As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
François Hesnault · Nelson Piquet
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
4
—
15
19 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
19
19 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
3
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
6
—
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
1
2
1985
Career totals
François Hesnault
Nelson Piquet
Championships
0
3
Wins
0
23
Poles
0
24
Podiums
0
60
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
485.5
Starts
19
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
François Hesnault
Nelson Piquet
Win rate
0%
11.2%
Podium rate
0%
29.3%
Pole rate
0%
11.7%
Points / start
0.0
2.4
Avg grid
P18.8
P6.7
Avg finish
P18.3
P9.8
Finish rate
26.3%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
François Hesnault
Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
9
51
Crash retirements
5
28
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: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
1978
—
First win
1980 · aged 27
—
First pole
1980
—
First title
1981 · aged 29
P7
Best finish
P1
+0.5
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
François Hesnault
Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | François Hesnault | Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · — | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 3 · 5 · P1 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · — | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 3 · 4 · P1 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P8 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · P8 3 · 3 · P1 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 2 · 4 · P1 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 2 · 4 · P1 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P7 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · P7 1 · 3 · P1 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 1 · 3 · P1 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Detroit Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 4 · P2 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 0 · 3 · P2 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Autódromo do Estoril | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P3 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Fair Park | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Nelson Piquet | ||
Team history
François Hesnault
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
19781991
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).