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Cevert vs Ricciardo

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CevertWinner
71.7

Cevert wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Ricciardo
69.5

Ricciardo wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇷 François Cevert
71.7

Cevert leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won the 1971 US Grand Prix and finished third in that year's championship.

1. François Cevert
71.7
2. Daniel Ricciardo
69.5

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. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo5 seasons played · career day 1,825360 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 François Cevert4 seasons played · career day 1,82517 race wins
-95.3% vs Ricciardo at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Cevert00011717
🇦🇺 Ricciardo000103601,040

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.

MetricCevertRetiredRicciardoRetired
Grand Prix wins18
Podiums1332
Best championship finish33
Grand Prix starts47
Career points89
Pole positions3
Race starts257
Dominance w25%7264
Peak w20%8678
Longevity w20%5876
Honours w20%6658
Statistics w15%7874

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GOAT Rank · the data
Cevert71.7
Ricciardo69.5
The people
Cevert
Ricciardo

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