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Drivers & teams

The only fair comparison in Formula 1 is with the driver in the same car. Head-to-heads count rounds where both teammates took part.

Teammate battles

Cooper

BRA BrabhamTrintignant TRI
8Qualifying0
5Race3
34Points19

8 shared rounds · avg quali gap 5.5 places to BRA · also drove: MOS, MCL, GRE, SCH

Ferrari

BRO BrooksHill HIL
6Qualifying1
5Race2
27Points20

7 shared rounds · avg quali gap 2.3 places to BRO · also drove: GUR, GEN, BEH, ALL

BRM

BON BonnierSchell SCH
5Qualifying2
2Race4
10Points5

7 shared rounds · avg quali gap 0.6 places to BON · also drove: MOS

Driver statistics

#DriverStartsPtsPts / raceAvg qualiBest qualiAvg finishIn pointsPlaces gainedFastest lapsDNF
1BRAJack Brabham8313.92.5P12.36-112
2BROTony Brooks8273.46.0P13.24+413
3MOSStirling Moss825.53.22.6P11.35+545
4HILPhil Hill7202.96.7P33.44+1412
5TRIMaurice Trintignant8192.48.0P45.85+171
6MCLBruce McLaren716.52.49.7P83.54+2713
7GURDan Gurney4133.36.5P43.03+41
8BONJo Bonnier7101.46.9P14.72+54
9GREMasten Gregory6101.76.5P34.02+33
10WARRodger Ward284.012.5P61.01+51
11RATJim Rathmann166.03.0P32.01+1
12THOJohnny Thomson155.01.0P13.01-21
13SCHHarry Schell850.66.9P36.02+63
14IREInnes Ireland650.812.8P94.52+94
15BETTony Bettenhausen133.015.0P154.01+11
16GENOlivier Gendebien231.58.5P65.01+7
17GOLPaul Goldsmith122.016.0P165.01+11
18BEHJean Behra420.53.7P25.01-13
19ALLCliff Allison520.49.2P17.01+93

Places gained = grid minus finish, summed over finished races (pit-lane starts excluded). Points include sprints.

Team points split

Cooper
40 · 13 DNFFerrari
32 · 10 DNFBRM
18 · 7 DNFLotus
5 · 4 DNF

Solid = lead driver, striped = teammate (and any stand-ins). DNF counts both cars.

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