As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Peter Whitehead · Piero Taruffi
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1
—
4
5 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
5
5 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
1
P9
Best championship
P3
Teammate battle by season
0
2
1951
0
1
1952
Career totals
Peter Whitehead
Piero Taruffi
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
1
5
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
4
41
Starts
11
18
Rate-adjusted · per start
Peter Whitehead
Piero Taruffi
Win rate
0%
5.6%
Podium rate
9.1%
27.8%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.4
2.3
Avg grid
P16.7
P6.2
Avg finish
P14.5
P7.7
Finish rate
54.5%
72.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Peter Whitehead
Piero Taruffi
Mechanical retirements
4
4
Crash retirements
1
1
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1950
—
First win
1952 · aged 45
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P3
Best finish
P1
+2.3
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
Peter Whitehead
Piero Taruffi
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Peter Whitehead | Piero Taruffi |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit Bremgarten | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Peter Whitehead 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1 Piero Taruffi | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Peter Whitehead 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P2 Piero Taruffi | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Peter Whitehead 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P2 Piero Taruffi | ||
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Peter Whitehead 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3 Piero Taruffi | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Peter Whitehead 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8 Piero Taruffi | ||
Team history
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).