1987 F1 Teammate Head to Head
Every 1987 Formula 1 teammate battle ranked: qualifying and race head to head, average qualifying gap and points split for 11 pairings. Most one-sided: Ayrton Senna vs Satoru Nakajima, 16–0 in qualifying.
1987 teammate rankings
| # | Team | Teammates (stronger first) | Qualifying | Avg quali gap | Races | Points | Dominance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lotus | Ayrton Senna vs Satoru Nakajima | 16–0 | +3.815s | 8–0 | 57–7 | 100% |
| 2 | Minardi | Alessandro Nannini vs Adrián Campos | 16–0 | +1.920s | 0–0 | 0–0 | 100% |
| 3 | McLaren | Alain Prost vs Stefan Johansson | 16–0 | +1.858s | 7–3 | 46–30 | 88% |
| 4 | Ligier | René Arnoux vs Piercarlo Ghinzani | 13–1 | +1.277s | 2–2 | 1–0 | 83% |
| 5 | Zakspeed | Martin Brundle vs Christian Danner | 12–3 | +0.391s | 1–0 | 2–0 | 81% |
| 6 | Brabham | Riccardo Patrese vs Andrea de Cesaris | 12–3 | +1.108s | – | – | 80% |
| 7 | Ferrari | Gerhard Berger vs Michele Alboreto | 12–4 | +0.461s | 3–1 | 36–17 | 75% |
| 8 | Benetton | Thierry Boutsen vs Teo Fabi | 13–3 | +0.316s | 1–3 | 16–12 | 70% |
| 9 | Williams | Nigel Mansell vs Nelson Piquet | 10–5 | +0.444s | 5–4 | 61–73 | 63% |
| 10 | Tyrrell | Jonathan Palmer vs Philippe Streiff | 8–8 | +0.161s | 5–3 | 7–4 | 54% |
| 11 | Arrows | Derek Warwick vs Eddie Cheever | 9–7 | +0.224s | 1–3 | 3–8 | 50% |
Short pairings (fewer than 5 sessions)
| # | Team | Teammates (stronger first) | Qualifying | Avg quali gap | Races | Points | Dominance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Osella | Alex Caffi vs Gabriele Tarquini | 1–0 | +11.138s | 0–0 | 0–0 | 100% |
| 2 | Osella | Alex Caffi vs Franco Forini | 3–0 | +2.761s | 0–0 | 0–0 | 100% |
| 3 | Brabham | Andrea de Cesaris vs Stefano Modena | 1–0 | +1.424s | 0–0 | 4–0 | 100% |
| 4 | Williams | Nelson Piquet vs Riccardo Patrese | 1–0 | +0.796s | 4–1 | 73–6 | 83% |
| 5 | Lola | Philippe Alliot vs Yannick Dalmas | 2–1 | +0.634s | 1–0 | 3–0 | 75% |
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).