As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Ricardo Zunino · Nelson Piquet
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
2
—
8
10 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
10
10 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
3
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
6
—
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
1
1
1979
1
5
1980
Career totals
Ricardo Zunino
Nelson Piquet
Championships
0
3
Wins
0
23
Poles
0
24
Podiums
0
60
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
485.5
Starts
10
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ricardo Zunino
Nelson Piquet
Win rate
0%
11.2%
Podium rate
0%
29.3%
Pole rate
0%
11.7%
Points / start
0.0
2.4
Avg grid
P18.7
P6.7
Avg finish
P14.3
P9.8
Finish rate
60%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ricardo Zunino
Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
2
51
Crash retirements
2
28
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1979
Debut season
1978
—
First win
1980 · aged 27
—
First pole
1980
—
First title
1981 · aged 29
P7
Best finish
P1
+4.4
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
Ricardo Zunino
Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ricardo Zunino | Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P7 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Ricardo Zunino 0 · 0 · P7 3 · 5 · P1 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 0 · 0 · P13 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Ricardo Zunino 0 · 0 · P13 2 · 4 · P1 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Ricardo Zunino 0 · 0 · — 1 · 4 · P1 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Long Beach | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Ricardo Zunino 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 0 · P7 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Ricardo Zunino 0 · 0 · P7 1 · 2 · P1 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Ricardo Zunino 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Ricardo Zunino 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Ricardo Zunino 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P5 Nelson Piquet | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Ricardo Zunino 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Nelson Piquet | ||
Team history
Ricardo Zunino
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 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).