1978 F1 Teammate Head to Head

Every 1978 Formula 1 teammate battle ranked: qualifying and race head to head, average qualifying gap and points split for 15 pairings. Most one-sided: Mario Andretti vs Hector Rebaque, 16–0 in qualifying.

1978 teammate rankings

1978 F1 teammate head to head, most one-sided first
#	Team	Teammates (stronger first)	Qualifying	Avg quali gap	Races	Points	Dominance
1	Lotus	Mario Andretti vs Hector Rebaque	16–0	+4.082s	3–0	64–1	100%
2	McLaren	James Hunt vs Brett Lunger	14–0	+3.961s	–	–	100%
3	Lotus	Ronnie Peterson vs Hector Rebaque	14–0	+3.612s	3–0	51–1	100%
4	McLaren	Patrick Tambay vs Brett Lunger	13–0	+3.397s	–	–	100%
5	Arrows	Riccardo Patrese vs Rolf Stommelen	13–0	+2.414s	3–0	11–0	100%
6	McLaren	James Hunt vs Bruno Giacomelli	5–0	+2.216s	0–0	8–0	100%
7	McLaren	Bruno Giacomelli vs Brett Lunger	5–0	+0.221s	–	–	100%
8	Tyrrell	Patrick Depailler vs Didier Pironi	14–2	+0.942s	4–0	34–7	90%
9	Surtees	Vittorio Brambilla vs Rupert Keegan	11–2	+0.798s	1–0	1–0	86%
10	Lotus	Mario Andretti vs Ronnie Peterson	11–3	+0.475s	6–1	64–51	81%
11	McLaren	James Hunt vs Patrick Tambay	14–1	+0.699s	2–3	8–8	80%
12	Brabham	Niki Lauda vs John Watson	10–6	+0.357s	5–0	44–25	71%
13	ATS	Jochen Mass vs Jean-Pierre Jarier	4–2	+0.269s	–	–	67%
14	Shadow	Clay Regazzoni vs Hans-Joachim Stuck	10–6	−0.044s	2–0	4–2	67%
15	Ferrari	Carlos Reutemann vs Gilles Villeneuve	12–4	+0.215s	3–4	48–17	65%

Short pairings (fewer than 5 sessions)

1978 short-lived teammate pairings
#	Team	Teammates (stronger first)	Qualifying	Avg quali gap	Races	Points	Dominance
1	McLaren	James Hunt vs Emilio de Villota	1–0	+3.890s	–	–	100%
2	Lotus	Jean-Pierre Jarier vs Hector Rebaque	2–0	+3.696s	1–0	0–1	100%
3	Surtees	Vittorio Brambilla vs Carlo Franchi	1–0	+3.603s	–	–	100%
4	ATS	Keke Rosberg vs Michael Bleekemolen	2–0	+2.843s	0–0	0–0	100%
5	Wolf	Jody Scheckter vs Keke Rosberg	4–0	+2.368s	–	–	100%
6	McLaren	James Hunt vs Tony Trimmer	1–0	+2.360s	–	–	100%
7	Wolf	Jody Scheckter vs Bobby Rahal	2–0	+2.312s	1–0	24–0	100%
8	McLaren	James Hunt vs Nelson Piquet	3–0	+2.309s	–	–	100%
9	McLaren	Patrick Tambay vs Emilio de Villota	1–0	+2.270s	–	–	100%
10	Shadow	Hans-Joachim Stuck vs Danny Ongais	2–0	+2.104s	–	–	100%
11	ATS	Jochen Mass vs Hans Binder	1–0	+1.990s	–	–	100%
12	Surtees	René Arnoux vs Beppe Gabbiani	2–0	+1.949s	–	–	100%
13	Ensign	Derek Daly vs Geoff Lees	1–0	+1.920s	–	–	100%
14	Merzario	Arturo Merzario vs Alberto Colombo	1–0	+1.848s	–	–	100%
15	ATS	Jochen Mass vs Alberto Colombo	2–0	+1.740s	–	–	100%
16	Shadow	Clay Regazzoni vs Danny Ongais	2–0	+1.708s	–	–	100%
17	McLaren	Bruno Giacomelli vs Tony Trimmer	1–0	+1.620s	–	–	100%
18	McLaren	Patrick Tambay vs Nelson Piquet	3–0	+1.461s	–	–	100%
19	McLaren	Patrick Tambay vs Tony Trimmer	1–0	+1.270s	–	–	100%
20	Brabham	John Watson vs Nelson Piquet	1–0	+1.207s	1–0	25–0	100%
21	Ensign	Derek Daly vs Harald Ertl	3–0	+1.100s	0–0	1–0	100%
22	McLaren	Brett Lunger vs Tony Trimmer	1–0	+1.020s	–	–	100%
23	Ensign	Derek Daly vs Brett Lunger	1–0	+0.888s	1–0	1–0	100%
24	McLaren	Bruno Giacomelli vs Nelson Piquet	2–0	+0.729s	–	–	100%
25	Brabham	Niki Lauda vs Nelson Piquet	1–0	+0.604s	1–0	44–0	100%
26	McLaren	Brett Lunger vs Nelson Piquet	3–0	+0.501s	–	–	100%
27	ATS	Michael Bleekemolen vs Jochen Mass	1–0	+0.490s	0–0	0–0	100%
28	McLaren	Brett Lunger vs Emilio de Villota	1–0	+0.380s	–	–	100%
29	Ensign	Nelson Piquet vs Harald Ertl	1–0	+0.100s	–	–	100%
30	McLaren	Patrick Tambay vs Bruno Giacomelli	3–1	+1.369s	2–0	8–0	83%
31	Lotus	Mario Andretti vs Jean-Pierre Jarier	1–1	+0.349s	3–0	64–0	80%
32	ATS	Jochen Mass vs Keke Rosberg	2–1	+0.174s	2–0	0–0	80%
33	Ensign	Lamberto Leoni vs Danny Ongais	1–1	+0.260s	0–0	0–0	50%

The stronger driver of each pairing is listed first. Qualifying counts sessions where both set a time; races count Grands Prix where both were classified. The gap is the stronger driver's average qualifying advantage (negative when the teammate was faster on average).