PET

Ronnie Peterson

1970–1978
123
Starts
10
Wins
26
Podiums
14
Poles
0
Titles
206
Points

Season by season

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Season Team ENT R Win Pod Pole Pts WDC
1970 March 9 9 0 0 0 0
1971 March 11 11 0 5 0 33 P2
1972 March 12 12 0 1 0 12 P9
1973 Lotus 15 15 4 7 9 52 P3
1974 Lotus 15 15 3 4 1 35 P5
1975 Lotus 14 14 0 0 0 6 P13
1976 March + Lotus 16 16 1 1 1 10 P11
1977 Tyrrell 17 17 0 1 0 7 P14
1978 Lotus 14 14 2 7 3 51 P2

Teammates, head to head

most races first
Teammate Qualifying Race Points
Jacky Ickx '74–'75 · 10r compared , 14 excl. → Full breakdown 21–3 7–3 38 15
Mario Andretti '70–'78 · 7r compared , 10 excl. → Full breakdown 3–14 1–6 51 64
Henri Pescarolo '71–'72 · 7r compared , 15 excl. → Full breakdown 19–3 6–1 45 4
Niki Lauda '71–'72 · 6r compared , 7 excl. → Full breakdown 11–2 5–1 12 0
Nanni Galli '71 · 4r compared , 5 excl. → Full breakdown 9–0 4–0 33 0
Mike Beuttler '71–'72 · 4r compared , 11 excl. → Full breakdown 14–1 4–0 29 0
Emerson Fittipaldi '73 · 4r compared , 11 excl. → Full breakdown 11–4 2–2 52 55
Carlos Pace '72 · 3r compared , 8 excl. → Full breakdown 8–3 2–1 11 3
Vittorio Brambilla '76 · 3r compared , 12 excl. → Full breakdown 11–4 3–0 10 1
Patrick Depailler '77 · 3r compared , 14 excl. → Full breakdown 8–9 2–1 7 20
Héctor Rebaque '78 · 3r compared , 11 excl. → Full breakdown 11–0 3–0 51 1
Chris Amon '70 · 2r compared , 7 excl. → Full breakdown 2–7 0–2 0 20
Andrea de Adamich '71 · 2r compared , 5 excl. → Full breakdown 7–0 2–0 18 0
Jo Siffert '70 · 1r compared , 8 excl. → Full breakdown 5–4 0–1 0 0
Jackie Stewart '70 · 1r compared , 6 excl. → Full breakdown 0–7 0–1 0 12
François Cevert '70 · 1r compared , 6 excl. → Full breakdown 3–4 0–1 0 1
Skip Barber '71–'72 · 1r compared , 5 excl. → Full breakdown 5–1 1–0 22 0
Guy Tunmer '75 · 1r compared → Full breakdown 1–0 1–0 0 0
Eddie Keizan '75 · 1r compared → Full breakdown 1–0 1–0 0 0
Johnny Servoz-Gavin '70 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
Hubert Hahne '70 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
John Love '71 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
Alex Soler-Roig '71 · 0r compared , 5 excl. 5–0 0–0 9 0
François Mazet '71 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
Max Jean '71 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
Jean-Pierre Jarier '71 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 6 0
Dave Charlton '73 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
Ian Scheckter '74 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
Paddy Driver '74 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
Tim Schenken '74 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
Brian Henton '75 · 0r compared , 3 excl. 3–0 0–0 3 0
Jim Crawford '75 · 0r compared , 2 excl. 2–0 0–0 0 0
John Watson '75 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 0–1 0–0 0 0
Hans-Joachim Stuck '76 · 0r compared , 15 excl. → Full breakdown 13–2 0–0 10 5
Arturo Merzario '76 · 0r compared , 7 excl. → Full breakdown 7–0 0–0 0 0
Kunimitsu Takahashi '77 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0

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
41.5% DNF rate 51 in 123 starts
34.1% points-finish rate 42 in 123 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.