Marc Surer

Swiss · 1979–1986
VS

Nelson Piquet

Brazilian · 1978–1991
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
4
8
Qualifyingahead
1
11
Marc Surer · Nelson Piquet
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
29 53
82 shared
Qualifying H2H
2 79
81 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
3
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
6
P13
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 5
1981 P1 1982 P11 1983 P1 1984 P5 1985 P8
Teammate battle by season
4
8
1985
Career totals
Marc Surer Nelson Piquet
Championships
0
3
Wins
0
23
Poles
0
24
Podiums
0
60
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
17
485.5
Starts
83
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
Marc Surer Nelson Piquet
Win rate
0%
11.2%
Podium rate
0%
29.3%
Pole rate
0%
11.7%
Points / start
0.2
2.4
Avg grid
P17.4
P6.7
Avg finish
P12.4
P9.8
Finish rate
62.7%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Marc Surer Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
25
51
Crash retirements
6
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
1979
Debut season
1978
First win
1980 · aged 27
First pole
1980
First title
1981 · aged 29
P4
Best finish
P1
+5.1
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990
Marc Surer Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Marc Surer Nelson Piquet
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P5 3 · 5 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P4 3 · 4 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P6 3 · 3 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P6 2 · 4 · P1
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 4 · P1
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 4 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 3 · P1
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 3 · P1
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · — 1 · 3 · P1
Detroit Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 2 · P1
Long Beach 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 3 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P3
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P3
Kyalami 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P3
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P3
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Zolder 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P5
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P5
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · —
Las Vegas Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P5
Fair Park 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Marc Surer
ARR
Ensign 1979ATS 1980Ensign 1981Theodore 1981Arrows 1982–1984Brabham 1985Arrows 1986
Nelson Piquet
BRA
WIL
TEA
BEN
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).