Championship record
5
World titles
3
2
Runner-up
1
7
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Juan Fangio
Nelson Piquet
Championships
5
3
Wins
22
23
Poles
28
24
Podiums
31
60
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
260.64
485.5
Starts
51
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
Juan Fangio
Nelson Piquet
Win rate
43.1%
11.2%
Podium rate
60.8%
29.3%
Pole rate
54.9%
11.7%
Points / start
5.1
2.4
Avg grid
P2.0
P6.7
Avg finish
P4.8
P9.8
Finish rate
76.5%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Juan Fangio
Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
12
51
Crash retirements
0
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
1950
Debut season
1978
1950 · aged 38
First win
1980 · aged 27
1950
First pole
1980
1951 · aged 40
First title
1981 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
Juan Fangio
Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Juan Fangio | Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 3 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
Team history
Juan Fangio
Alfa Romeo 1950–1951Maserati 1953Mercedes 1954Maserati 1954Mercedes 1955Ferrari 1956Maserati 1957–1958
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
19501991
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).