1981 F1 Teammate Head to Head

Every 1981 Formula 1 teammate battle ranked: qualifying and race head to head, average qualifying gap and points split for 15 pairings. Most one-sided: Jean-Pierre Jarier vs Beppe Gabbiani, 7–0 in qualifying.

1981 teammate rankings

1981 F1 teammate head to head, most one-sided first
#	Team	Teammates (stronger first)	Qualifying	Avg quali gap	Races	Points	Dominance
1	Osella	Jean-Pierre Jarier vs Beppe Gabbiani	7–0	+3.158s	0–0	0–0	100%
2	Arrows	Riccardo Patrese vs Siegfried Stohr	13–0	+2.160s	1–0	10–0	100%
3	Ligier	Jacques Laffite vs Jean-Pierre Jabouille	5–0	+2.040s	0–0	44–0	100%
4	Brabham	Nelson Piquet vs Hector Rebaque	15–0	+1.802s	4–0	50–11	100%
5	Fittipaldi	Keke Rosberg vs Chico Serra	14–0	+1.352s	0–1	0–0	93%
6	Ligier	Jacques Laffite vs Patrick Tambay	7–1	+0.885s	3–0	44–1	91%
7	McLaren	John Watson vs Andrea de Cesaris	14–1	+0.853s	3–1	27–1	89%
8	Renault	Alain Prost vs René Arnoux	10–5	+0.515s	3–0	43–11	72%
9	Ferrari	Gilles Villeneuve vs Didier Pironi	10–5	+0.624s	3–1	25–9	68%
10	Tyrrell	Eddie Cheever vs Michele Alboreto	8–4	+0.513s	2–1	10–0	67%
11	Toleman	Brian Henton vs Derek Warwick	8–4	+0.217s	0–0	0–0	67%
12	Lotus	Elio de Angelis vs Nigel Mansell	9–5	+0.050s	3–1	14–8	67%
13	March	Eliseo Salazar vs Derek Daly	4–2	−0.497s	–	–	67%
14	Williams	Carlos Reutemann vs Alan Jones	10–5	+0.281s	5–4	49–46	63%
15	Alfa Romeo	Mario Andretti vs Bruno Giacomelli	8–7	+0.229s	4–2	3–7	57%

Short pairings (fewer than 5 sessions)

1981 short-lived teammate pairings
#	Team	Teammates (stronger first)	Qualifying	Avg quali gap	Races	Points	Dominance
1	Arrows	Riccardo Patrese vs Jacques Villeneuve	2–0	+4.211s	–	–	100%
2	Tyrrell	Eddie Cheever vs Ricardo Zunino	2–0	+1.993s	0–0	10–0	100%
3	Tyrrell	Eddie Cheever vs Kevin Cogan	1–0	+1.641s	–	–	100%
4	Osella	Beppe Gabbiani vs Giorgio Francia	1–0	+1.417s	–	–	100%
5	ATS	Slim Borgudd vs Jan Lammers	1–0	+0.340s	0–0	1–0	100%
6	Osella	Beppe Gabbiani vs Miguel Ángel Guerra	3–1	+0.173s	0–0	0–0	75%
7	Ligier	Jacques Laffite vs Jean-Pierre Jarier	1–1	+0.494s	–	–	50%
8	Osella	Beppe Gabbiani vs Piercarlo Ghinzani	1–1	+0.322s	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).