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de Cesaris vs Depailler

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DepaillerWinner
71.0

Depailler wins: Dominance, Honours

de Cesaris
70.6

de Cesaris wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇷 Patrick Depailler
71.0

Depailler leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won Monaco in 1978 after years of podium near-misses with Tyrrell.

1. Patrick Depailler
71.0
2. Andrea de Cesaris
70.6

Category breakdown

Season form · Race wins per season

Career timeline · Race wins per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Race wins per season
1. 🇮🇹 Andrea de Cesaris5 seasons played · career day 1,82624 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 Patrick Depailler5 seasons played · career day 2,55619 race wins
-20.8% vs de Cesaris at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇹 de Cesaris00012131
🇫🇷 Depailler0000722

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

Metricde CesarisRetiredDepaillerRetired
Grand Prix starts20895
Podiums519
Pole positions11
Career points59
Seasons contested15
Grand Prix wins2
Best championship finish4
Dominance w25%5866
Peak w20%8282
Longevity w20%8870
Honours w20%5262
Statistics w15%7878

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GOAT Rank · the data
Depailler71.0
de Cesaris70.6
The people
de Cesaris
Depailler

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