1986 F1 Teammate Head to Head

Every 1986 Formula 1 teammate battle ranked: qualifying and race head to head, average qualifying gap and points split for 16 pairings. Most one-sided: Ayrton Senna vs Johnny Dumfries, 16–0 in qualifying.

1986 teammate rankings

1986 F1 teammate head to head, most one-sided first
#TeamTeammates (stronger first)QualifyingAvg quali gapRacesPointsDominance
1LotusAyrton Senna vs Johnny Dumfries16–0+3.418s4–055–3100%
2ZakspeedJonathan Palmer vs Huub Rothengatter14–0+2.687s0–00–0100%
3OsellaPiercarlo Ghinzani vs Allen Berg9–0+2.520s0–00–0100%
4ArrowsThierry Boutsen vs Marc Surer5–0+1.720s2–00–0100%
5TyrrellMartin Brundle vs Philippe Streiff14–2+0.887s5–18–386%
6LigierRené Arnoux vs Jacques Laffite8–1+0.989s3–114–1485%
7OsellaPiercarlo Ghinzani vs Christian Danner5–1+2.078s––83%
8McLarenAlain Prost vs Keke Rosberg12–4+0.419s6–172–2278%
9BrabhamRiccardo Patrese vs Derek Warwick8–3+0.800s2–02–077%
10BenettonGerhard Berger vs Teo Fabi13–3+0.636s1–217–274%
11LolaPatrick Tambay vs Alan Jones11–4+1.024s1–12–471%
12FerrariMichele Alboreto vs Stefan Johansson12–4+0.324s2–214–2370%
13ArrowsThierry Boutsen vs Christian Danner6–4+0.411s3–00–169%
14LigierRené Arnoux vs Philippe Alliot5–2+0.485s1–114–167%
15MinardiAndrea de Cesaris vs Alessandro Nannini8–8+0.109s1–00–053%
16WilliamsNigel Mansell vs Nelson Piquet8–8+0.095s5–470–6952%

Short pairings (fewer than 5 sessions)

1986 short-lived teammate pairings
#TeamTeammates (stronger first)QualifyingAvg quali gapRacesPointsDominance
1LolaEddie Cheever vs Alan Jones1–0+2.910s0–00–4100%
2BrabhamRiccardo Patrese vs Elio de Angelis4–0+1.518s0–02–0100%
3OsellaPiercarlo Ghinzani vs Alex Caffi1–0+0.772s0–00–0100%

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).