As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Ronnie Peterson · Dave Charlton
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
7
—
1
8 shared
Qualifying H2H
8
—
0
8 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
2
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1973
Career totals
Ronnie Peterson
Dave Charlton
Championships
0
0
Wins
10
0
Poles
14
0
Podiums
26
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
206
0
Starts
123
11
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ronnie Peterson
Dave Charlton
Win rate
8.1%
0%
Podium rate
21.1%
0%
Pole rate
11.4%
0%
Points / start
1.7
0.0
Avg grid
P8.4
P16.7
Avg finish
P11.4
P19.2
Finish rate
57.7%
27.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ronnie Peterson
Dave Charlton
Mechanical retirements
37
5
Crash retirements
13
1
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: 2 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1970
Debut season
1967
1973 · aged 29
First win
—
1973
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P12
-2.9
Avg places gained
-2.5
Season points trajectory
Ronnie Peterson
Dave Charlton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ronnie Peterson | Dave Charlton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Kyalami | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Ronnie Peterson 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P12 Dave Charlton | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Ronnie Peterson 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · — Dave Charlton | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Ronnie Peterson 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — Dave Charlton | ||
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Ronnie Peterson 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · — Dave Charlton | ||
Team history
Ronnie Peterson
March 1970March-Alfa Romeo 1971March-Ford 1971March 1972Team Lotus 1973–1976March 1976Tyrrell 1977Team Lotus 1978
Dave Charlton
Brabham-Climax 1967Brabham-Repco 1968Team Lotus 1970Brabham 1971Lotus-Ford 1971Team Lotus 1972–1973McLaren 1974–1975
19671978
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).