Skip Barber

American · 1971–1972
VS

Niki Lauda

Austrian · 1971–1985
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
1
1
Qualifyingahead
1
1
Skip Barber · Niki Lauda
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1 1
2 shared
Qualifying H2H
1 1
2 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
3
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
4
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
1
1
1972
Career totals
Skip Barber Niki Lauda
Championships
0
3
Wins
0
25
Poles
0
24
Podiums
0
54
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
420.5
Starts
5
173
Rate-adjusted · per start
Skip Barber Niki Lauda
Win rate
0%
14.5%
Podium rate
0%
31.2%
Pole rate
0%
13.9%
Points / start
0.0
2.4
Avg grid
P23.0
P8.4
Avg finish
P17.8
P10.8
Finish rate
20%
56.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Skip Barber Niki Lauda
Mechanical retirements
1
54
Crash retirements
0
19
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: 3 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1971
Debut season
1971
First win
1974 · aged 25
First pole
1974
First title
1975 · aged 26
P16
Best finish
P1
+5.2
Avg places gained
-2.3
Season points trajectory
1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985
Skip Barber Niki Lauda
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Skip Barber Niki Lauda
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · — 3 · 6 · P1
Skip Barber 0 · 0 · — 3 · 6 · P1 Niki Lauda
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · P16 1 · 2 · P1
Skip Barber 0 · 0 · P16 1 · 2 · P1 Niki Lauda
Mosport International Raceway 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8
Skip Barber 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8 Niki Lauda
Team history
Skip Barber
March-Ford 1971March 1972
Niki Lauda
FER
MCL
March-Ford 1971March 1972BRM 1973Ferrari 1974–1977Brabham 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979McLaren 1982–1985
19711985
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).