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Fagioli vs Laffite

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FagioliWinner
75.1

Fagioli wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Laffite
75.0

Laffite wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇹 Luigi Fagioli
75.1

Fagioli leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. The oldest race winner in Formula 1 history, aged 53 in 1951.

1. Luigi Fagioli
75.1
2. Jacques Laffite
75.0

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. 🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite5 seasons played · career day 1,82510 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇹 Luigi Fagioli2 seasons played · career day 7294 race wins
-60.0% vs Laffite at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇹 Fagioli003444
🇫🇷 Laffite00011027

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.

MetricFagioliRetiredLaffiteRetired
Grand Prix wins16
Podiums532
Championship best finish3
Grands Prix entered7
Oldest winner age53
Pole positions7
Best championship finish4
Grand Prix starts176
Dominance w25%7268
Peak w20%8882
Longevity w20%6282
Honours w20%7466
Statistics w15%8280

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GOAT Rank · the data
Fagioli75.1
Laffite75.0
The people
Fagioli
Laffite

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