As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
John Watson · Patrick Tambay
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
40
—
32
72 shared
Qualifying H2H
44
—
28
72 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
1
Top-3 finishes
0
P3
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings:
4 · 1
1977
P13
1978
P6
1981
P6
1982
P3
1983
P4
Teammate battle by season
10
3
1979
Career totals
John Watson
Patrick Tambay
Championships
0
0
Wins
5
2
Poles
2
5
Podiums
20
11
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
169
103
Starts
152
117
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Watson
Patrick Tambay
Win rate
3.3%
1.7%
Podium rate
13.2%
9.4%
Pole rate
1.3%
4.3%
Points / start
1.1
0.9
Avg grid
P11.9
P10.9
Avg finish
P11.5
P12.7
Finish rate
61.2%
49.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Watson
Patrick Tambay
Mechanical retirements
43
30
Crash retirements
13
26
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1973
Debut season
1977
1976 · aged 30
First win
1982 · aged 33
1977
First pole
1983
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.4
Avg places gained
-1.8
Season points trajectory
John Watson
Patrick Tambay
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | John Watson | Patrick Tambay |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Detroit Street Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Long Beach | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Zolder | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Jarama | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Las Vegas Street Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Scandinavian Raceway | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mosport International Raceway | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · — | 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).