As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Nelson Piquet · Ricardo Zunino
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
8
—
2
10 shared
Qualifying H2H
10
—
0
10 shared
Championship record
3
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
6
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
1
1
1979
5
1
1980
Career totals
Nelson Piquet
Ricardo Zunino
Championships
3
0
Wins
23
0
Poles
24
0
Podiums
60
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
485.5
0
Starts
205
10
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nelson Piquet
Ricardo Zunino
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
P18.7
Avg finish
P9.8
P14.3
Finish rate
61%
60%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Nelson Piquet
Ricardo Zunino
Mechanical retirements
51
2
Crash retirements
28
2
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
1979
1980 · aged 27
First win
—
1980
First pole
—
1981 · aged 29
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P7
-3.1
Avg places gained
+4.4
Season points trajectory
Nelson Piquet
Ricardo Zunino
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Nelson Piquet | Ricardo Zunino |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Nelson Piquet 3 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P7 Ricardo Zunino | ||
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Nelson Piquet 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P13 Ricardo Zunino | ||
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nelson Piquet 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · — Ricardo Zunino | ||
| Long Beach | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nelson Piquet 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — Ricardo Zunino | ||
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Nelson Piquet 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P7 Ricardo Zunino | ||
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Nelson Piquet 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P10 Ricardo Zunino | ||
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · — Ricardo Zunino | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P8 Ricardo Zunino | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Ricardo Zunino | ||
Team history
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
Ricardo Zunino
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).