As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Paddy Driver · Ronnie Peterson
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1
—
0
1 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
1
1 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
2
0
Top-3 finishes
3
—
Best championship
P2
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1974
Career totals
Paddy Driver
Ronnie Peterson
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
10
Poles
0
14
Podiums
0
26
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
206
Starts
2
123
Rate-adjusted · per start
Paddy Driver
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
P26.0
P8.4
Avg finish
P23.0
P11.4
Finish rate
50%
57.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Paddy Driver
Ronnie Peterson
Mechanical retirements
1
37
Crash retirements
0
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: 0 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1963
Debut season
1970
—
First win
1973 · aged 29
—
First pole
1973
—
First title
—
—
Best finish
P1
+1.0
Avg places gained
-2.9
Season points trajectory
Paddy Driver
Ronnie Peterson
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Paddy Driver | Ronnie Peterson |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Paddy Driver 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1 Ronnie Peterson | ||
Team history
Paddy Driver
Lotus-BRM 1963Team Lotus 1974
Ronnie Peterson
March 1970March-Alfa Romeo 1971March-Ford 1971March 1972Team Lotus 1973–1976March 1976Tyrrell 1977Team Lotus 1978
19631978
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).