As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Nelson Piquet · Niki Lauda
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
35
—
41
76 shared
Qualifying H2H
52
—
23
75 shared
Championship record
3
World titles
3
1
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 3
1979
P14
1982
P5
1983
P1
1984
P1
1985
P8
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1978
7
7
1979
Career totals
Nelson Piquet
Niki Lauda
Championships
3
3
Wins
23
25
Poles
24
24
Podiums
60
54
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
485.5
420.5
Starts
205
173
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nelson Piquet
Niki Lauda
Win rate
11.2%
14.5%
Podium rate
29.3%
31.2%
Pole rate
11.7%
13.9%
Points / start
2.4
2.4
Avg grid
P6.7
P8.4
Avg finish
P9.8
P10.8
Finish rate
61%
56.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Nelson Piquet
Niki Lauda
Mechanical retirements
51
54
Crash retirements
28
19
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1978
Debut season
1971
1980 · aged 27
First win
1974 · aged 25
1980
First pole
1974
1981 · aged 29
First title
1975 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.1
Avg places gained
-2.3
Season points trajectory
Nelson Piquet
Niki Lauda
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Nelson Piquet | Niki Lauda |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Brands Hatch | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P3 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 3 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Long Beach | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P5 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 4 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Adelaide Street Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Detroit Street Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Las Vegas Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Fair Park | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
Niki Lauda
March-Ford 1971March 1972BRM 1973Ferrari 1974–1977Brabham 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979McLaren 1982–1985
19711991
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).