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Piquet Jr vs de Cesaris

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
Piquet JrWinner
70.8

Piquet Jr wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

de Cesaris
70.6

de Cesaris wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet Jr
70.8

Piquet Jr leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Renault driver who later became the first Formula E world champion.

1. Nelson Piquet Jr
70.8
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. 🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet Jr2 seasons played · career day 73019 race wins
-20.8% vs de Cesaris at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Piquet Jr0019191919
🇮🇹 de Cesaris00012131

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.

MetricPiquet JrRetiredde CesarisRetired
Formula E titles1
Grands Prix entered28
Formula 1 podiums1
Career F1 points19
GP2 runner-up finishes1
Grand Prix starts208
Podiums5
Pole positions1
Career points59
Seasons contested15
Dominance w25%6258
Peak w20%8482
Longevity w20%6688
Honours w20%6852
Statistics w15%7878

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GOAT Rank · the data
Piquet Jr70.8
de Cesaris70.6
The people
Piquet Jr
de Cesaris

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