As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Nelson Piquet · Satoru Nakajima
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
56
—
19
75 shared
Qualifying H2H
69
—
4
73 shared
Championship record
3
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
6
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P12
Finished ahead in the standings:
5 · 0
1987
P1
1988
P6
1989
P8
1990
P3
1991
P6
Teammate battle by season
10
4
1988
8
5
1989
Career totals
Nelson Piquet
Satoru Nakajima
Championships
3
0
Wins
23
0
Poles
24
0
Podiums
60
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
485.5
16
Starts
205
75
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nelson Piquet
Satoru Nakajima
Win rate
11.2%
0%
Podium rate
29.3%
0%
Pole rate
11.7%
0%
Points / start
2.4
0.2
Avg grid
P6.7
P15.0
Avg finish
P9.8
P15.0
Finish rate
61%
48%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Nelson Piquet
Satoru Nakajima
Mechanical retirements
51
17
Crash retirements
28
20
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 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1978
Debut season
1987
1980 · aged 27
First win
—
1980
First pole
—
1981 · aged 29
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P4
-3.1
Avg places gained
+0.1
Season points trajectory
Nelson Piquet
Satoru Nakajima
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Nelson Piquet | Satoru Nakajima |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Adelaide Street Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Detroit Street Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Phoenix street circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuito de Jerez | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus 1987–1989Tyrrell 1990–1991
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).