As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Ronnie Peterson · Paddy Driver
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
0
—
1
1 shared
Qualifying H2H
1
—
0
1 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
2
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1974
Career totals
Ronnie Peterson
Paddy Driver
Championships
0
0
Wins
10
0
Poles
14
0
Podiums
26
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
206
0
Starts
123
2
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ronnie Peterson
Paddy Driver
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
P26.0
Avg finish
P11.4
P23.0
Finish rate
57.7%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ronnie Peterson
Paddy Driver
Mechanical retirements
37
1
Crash retirements
13
0
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1970
Debut season
1963
1973 · aged 29
First win
—
1973
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
—
-2.9
Avg places gained
+1.0
Season points trajectory
Ronnie Peterson
Paddy Driver
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ronnie Peterson | Paddy Driver |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Kyalami | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Ronnie Peterson 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · — Paddy Driver | ||
Team history
Ronnie Peterson
March 1970March-Alfa Romeo 1971March-Ford 1971March 1972Team Lotus 1973–1976March 1976Tyrrell 1977Team Lotus 1978
Paddy Driver
Lotus-BRM 1963Team Lotus 1974
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).