As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Mike Beuttler · Ronnie Peterson
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
6
—
22
28 shared
Qualifying H2H
1
—
27
28 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
2
0
Top-3 finishes
3
—
Best championship
P2
Teammate battle by season
0
5
1971
0
9
1972
Career totals
Mike Beuttler
Ronnie Peterson
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
10
Poles
0
14
Podiums
0
26
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
206
Starts
28
123
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mike Beuttler
Ronnie Peterson
Win rate
0%
8.1%
Podium rate
0%
21.1%
Pole rate
0%
11.4%
Points / start
0.0
1.7
Avg grid
P20.9
P8.4
Avg finish
P15.4
P11.4
Finish rate
50%
57.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Mike Beuttler
Ronnie Peterson
Mechanical retirements
9
37
Crash retirements
1
13
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: 4 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1971
Debut season
1970
—
First win
1973 · aged 29
—
First pole
1973
—
First title
—
P7
Best finish
P1
+5.5
Avg places gained
-2.9
Season points trajectory
Mike Beuttler
Ronnie Peterson
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Mike Beuttler | Ronnie Peterson |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P10 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P13 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · P10 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Mosport International Raceway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Scandinavian Raceway | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Montjuïc | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Charade Circuit | 0 · 0 · P19 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Nivelles-Baulers | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P9 |
Team history
Mike Beuttler
March-Ford 1971March 1972–1973
Ronnie Peterson
March 1970March-Alfa Romeo 1971March-Ford 1971March 1972Team Lotus 1973–1976March 1976Tyrrell 1977Team Lotus 1978
19701978
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).