As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Nelson Piquet · François Hesnault
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
15
—
4
19 shared
Qualifying H2H
19
—
0
19 shared
Championship record
3
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
6
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
2
1
1985
Career totals
Nelson Piquet
François Hesnault
Championships
3
0
Wins
23
0
Poles
24
0
Podiums
60
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
485.5
0
Starts
205
19
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nelson Piquet
François Hesnault
Win rate
11.2%
0%
Podium rate
29.3%
0%
Pole rate
11.7%
0%
Points / start
2.4
0.0
Avg grid
P6.7
P18.8
Avg finish
P9.8
P18.3
Finish rate
61%
26.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Nelson Piquet
François Hesnault
Mechanical retirements
51
9
Crash retirements
28
5
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: 1 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1978
Debut season
1984
1980 · aged 27
First win
—
1980
First pole
—
1981 · aged 29
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P7
-3.1
Avg places gained
+0.5
Season points trajectory
Nelson Piquet
François Hesnault
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Nelson Piquet | François Hesnault |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nelson Piquet 3 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nelson Piquet 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Nelson Piquet 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P8 François Hesnault | ||
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nelson Piquet 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nelson Piquet 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Nelson Piquet 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P7 François Hesnault | ||
| Brands Hatch | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nelson Piquet 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Detroit Street Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nelson Piquet 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Nelson Piquet 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · P8 François Hesnault | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nelson Piquet 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Autódromo do Estoril | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nelson Piquet 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Nelson Piquet 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P10 François Hesnault | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Nelson Piquet 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P10 François Hesnault | ||
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Fair Park | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
Team history
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
François Hesnault
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).