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Piquet Jr vs Depailler

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DepaillerWinner
71.0

Depailler wins: Dominance, Longevity

Piquet Jr
70.8

Piquet Jr wins: Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇷 Patrick Depailler
71.0

Depailler leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Won Monaco in 1978 after years of podium near-misses with Tyrrell.

1. Patrick Depailler
71.0
2. Nelson Piquet Jr
70.8

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. 🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet Jr2 seasons played · career day 73019 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 Patrick Depailler5 seasons played · career day 2,55619 race wins
0.0% vs Piquet Jr at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Piquet Jr0019191919
🇫🇷 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.

MetricPiquet JrRetiredDepaillerRetired
Formula E titles1
Grands Prix entered28
Formula 1 podiums1
Career F1 points19
GP2 runner-up finishes1
Grand Prix wins2
Podiums19
Pole positions1
Grand Prix starts95
Best championship finish4
Dominance w25%6266
Peak w20%8482
Longevity w20%6670
Honours w20%6862
Statistics w15%7878

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GOAT Rank · the data
Depailler71.0
Piquet Jr70.8
The people
Piquet Jr
Depailler

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