Jack Brabham

Australian · 1955–1970
VS

Nelson Piquet

Brazilian · 1978–1991
Championship record
3
World titles
3
1
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jack Brabham Nelson Piquet
Championships
3
3
Wins
14
23
Poles
13
24
Podiums
31
60
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
261
485.5
Starts
128
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jack Brabham Nelson Piquet
Win rate
10.9%
11.2%
Podium rate
24.2%
29.3%
Pole rate
10.2%
11.7%
Points / start
2.0
2.4
Avg grid
P7.4
P6.7
Avg finish
P9.2
P9.8
Finish rate
58.6%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jack Brabham Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
44
51
Crash retirements
8
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: 1 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1955
Debut season
1978
1959 · aged 33
First win
1980 · aged 27
1959
First pole
1980
1959 · aged 33
First title
1981 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.8
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990
Jack Brabham Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jack Brabham Nelson Piquet
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 4 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 3 · 4 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 3 · 3 · P1
Brands Hatch 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Kyalami 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 4 · P2
Watkins Glen 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Jarama 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Jack Brabham
Cooper 1955Maserati 1956Cooper 1957–1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1961Lotus-Climax 1962Brabham 1962Lotus-Climax 1963Brabham 1963Brabham-Climax 1964–1965Brabham-Repco 1966–1968Brabham-Ford 1969Brabham 1970
Nelson Piquet
BRA
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
19551991
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).