Maurice Trintignant
French · 1950–1964
VS

Jean Behra
French · 1952–1959
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
3
7
Qualifyingahead
9
1
Maurice Trintignant · Jean Behra
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
22 — 21
43 shared
Qualifying H2H
18 — 25
43 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P4
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 4 · 2
1952 P11 1954 P4 1955 P4 1957 P11 1958 P7 1959 P5
Teammate battle by season
1
2
1952
2
4
1953
0
1
1958
Career totals
Maurice Trintignant Jean Behra
Championships
0
0
Wins
2
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
8
8
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
69
48.14
Starts
84
52
Rate-adjusted · per start
Maurice Trintignant Jean Behra
Win rate
2.4%
0%
Podium rate
9.5%
15.4%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.8
0.9
Avg grid
P11.6
P7.8
Avg finish
P11.4
P11.0
Finish rate
52.4%
44.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Maurice Trintignant Jean Behra
Mechanical retirements
36
25
Crash retirements
4
4
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1952
1955 · aged 37
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P2
+0.5
Avg places gained
-3.2
Season points trajectory
1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964
Maurice Trintignant Jean Behra
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Maurice Trintignant Jean Behra
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Maurice Trintignant 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P3 Jean Behra
Nürburgring 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Maurice Trintignant 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 1 · P3 Jean Behra
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 2 · P2
Maurice Trintignant 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 2 · P2 Jean Behra
Reims-Gueux 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P3
Maurice Trintignant 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P3 Jean Behra
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P7
Maurice Trintignant 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P7 Jean Behra
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P3
Maurice Trintignant 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P3 Jean Behra
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3
Maurice Trintignant 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3 Jean Behra
Circuit Bremgarten 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Maurice Trintignant 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3 Jean Behra
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4
Maurice Trintignant 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4 Jean Behra
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P6
Maurice Trintignant 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P6 Jean Behra
Aintree 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · —
Maurice Trintignant 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · — Jean Behra
Circuit de Pedralbes 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Maurice Trintignant 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Jean Behra
Circuito da Boavista 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P4
Maurice Trintignant 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P4 Jean Behra
Ain Diab 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Maurice Trintignant 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Jean Behra
Team history
Maurice Trintignant
SIM
GOR
FER
COO
Simca 1950–1952Gordini 1952–1953Ferrari 1954–1955Vanwall 1956Bugatti 1956Ferrari 1957Cooper 1958Maserati 1958BRM 1958Cooper-Climax 1959Aston Martin 1960Cooper-Climax 1960Cooper-Maserati 1960–1961Lotus-Climax 1962BRM 1963Lotus-Climax 1963Lola 1963BRM 1964
Jean Behra
GOR
MAS
Gordini 1952–1954Maserati 1955–1958BRM 1958Ferrari 1959
19501964
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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).