1979 F1 Teammate Head to Head

Every 1979 Formula 1 teammate battle ranked: qualifying and race head to head, average qualifying gap and points split for 13 pairings. Most one-sided: Mario Andretti vs Hector Rebaque, 11–0 in qualifying.

1979 teammate rankings

1979 F1 teammate head to head, most one-sided first
#TeamTeammates (stronger first)QualifyingAvg quali gapRacesPointsDominance
1LotusMario Andretti vs Hector Rebaque11–0+3.829s––100%
2LotusCarlos Reutemann vs Hector Rebaque11–0+3.820s––100%
3LigierJacques Laffite vs Jacky Ickx8–0+2.110s1–036–3100%
4WilliamsAlan Jones vs Clay Regazzoni15–0+0.884s5–140–2995%
5McLarenJohn Watson vs Patrick Tambay13–2+0.671s2–115–083%
6RenaultJean-Pierre Jabouille vs René Arnoux11–4+0.628s1–09–1775%
7ArrowsRiccardo Patrese vs Jochen Mass12–3+0.545s2–22–374%
8LigierJacques Laffite vs Patrick Depailler4–3+0.293s2–036–2067%
9ShadowElio de Angelis vs Jan Lammers10–5+0.395s2–23–063%
10BrabhamNiki Lauda vs Nelson Piquet7–6+0.210s1–04–357%
11FerrariGilles Villeneuve vs Jody Scheckter8–7+0.197s6–547–5154%
12TyrrellDidier Pironi vs Jean-Pierre Jarier8–5+0.215s1–314–1453%
13LotusMario Andretti vs Carlos Reutemann8–7−0.122s2–214–2053%

Short pairings (fewer than 5 sessions)

1979 short-lived teammate pairings
#TeamTeammates (stronger first)QualifyingAvg quali gapRacesPointsDominance
1CopersucarEmerson Fittipaldi vs Alex Ribeiro2–0+4.023s––100%
2BrabhamNelson Piquet vs Ricardo Zunino2–0+2.165s0–03–0100%
3TyrrellDidier Pironi vs Derek Daly3–0+1.055s2–014–0100%
4TyrrellJean-Pierre Jarier vs Derek Daly2–0+0.880s0–014–0100%
5Alfa RomeoBruno Giacomelli vs Vittorio Brambilla2–0+0.530s0–00–0100%
6TyrrellDidier Pironi vs Geoff Lees1–0+1.100s0–114–050%

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).