DEP

Patrick Depailler

1972–1980
95
Starts
2
Wins
19
Podiums
1
Poles
0
Titles
141
Points

Season by season

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Season Team ENT R Win Pod Pole Pts WDC
1972 Tyrrell 2 2 0 0 0 0
1974 Tyrrell 15 15 0 1 1 14 P9
1975 Tyrrell 14 14 0 1 0 12 P9
1976 Tyrrell 16 16 0 7 0 39 P4
1977 Tyrrell 17 17 0 3 0 20 P9
1978 Tyrrell 16 16 1 5 0 34 P5
1979 Ligier 7 7 1 2 0 22 P6
1980 Alfa Romeo 8 8 0 0 0 0

Teammates, head to head

most races first
Teammate Qualifying Race Points
Jody Scheckter '74–'76 · 24r compared , 21 excl. → Full breakdown 18–27 9–15 65 114
Didier Pironi '78 · 4r compared , 12 excl. → Full breakdown 14–2 4–0 34 7
Ronnie Peterson '77 · 3r compared , 14 excl. → Full breakdown 9–8 1–2 20 7
Jacques Laffite '79 · 2r compared , 5 excl. → Full breakdown 3–4 0–2 22 24
Jackie Stewart '72 · 1r compared , 1 excl. → Full breakdown 0–2 0–1 0 18
François Cevert '72 · 1r compared , 1 excl. → Full breakdown 0–2 0–1 0 9
Eddie Keizan '74 · 1r compared → Full breakdown 1–0 1–0 3 0
Jean-Pierre Jabouille '75 · 1r compared → Full breakdown 1–0 1–0 1 0
Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi '76 · 1r compared , 3 excl. → Full breakdown 4–0 1–0 1 0
Kunimitsu Takahashi '77 · 1r compared → Full breakdown 1–0 1–0 4 0
Ian Scheckter '75–'76 · 0r compared , 2 excl. 2–0 0–0 4 0
Michel Leclère '75 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
Otto Stuppacher '76 · 0r compared , 3 excl. 3–0 0–0 7 0
Kazuyoshi Hoshino '76 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 6 0
Bruno Giacomelli '80 · 0r compared , 8 excl. 4–4 0–0 0 2

Compare with any driver

career records side by side · any era

Teammate Head-to-Head (above) covers same-car seasons only. Compare reaches across any era — pick any driver.

Reliability & consistency

era-dependent · see explanation
43.2% DNF rate 41 in 95 starts
37.9% points-finish rate 36 in 95 starts
P1 best finish
P1 best grid
DNF rate & points-finish rate

DNF rate — "how often did they not finish?"

The share of race starts that ended without a classified finish. Formula: races not finished ÷ race starts × 100. Races the driver did not start are excluded from both sides. A disqualification counts as a finish that scored nothing, not a DNF. Why it sits apart from the era-fair rates: unlike a win or a podium, finishing meant something very different in different eras. Cars in the 1950s–70s broke constantly; modern cars almost always reach the flag. A high DNF rate in 1955 says far more about the machinery than the driver. Comparing two drivers within the same season is meaningful — they faced the same conditions. Across eras it's context, not a verdict.

Points-finish rate — "how often did they score?"

The share of race starts that ended in a points-paying position. Formula: races finished in a scoring position ÷ race starts × 100, using that season's real points system. Why it's era-dependent: the number of positions that pay points has changed repeatedly — the top five scored in 1950, the top ten score today. A modern driver has roughly twice as many scoring positions available for the same relative performance, so a higher percentage doesn't necessarily mean a better driver. Like DNF rate, it's shown as context.