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Tambay vs Bottas

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BottasWinner
72.6

Bottas wins: Longevity, Honours

Tambay
72.2

Tambay wins: Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas
72.6

Bottas leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Ten Grand Prix wins and five constructors' titles alongside Hamilton.

1. Valtteri Bottas
72.6
2. Patrick Tambay
72.2

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. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas5 seasons played · career day 1,825716 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 Patrick Tambay5 seasons played · career day 1,8251 race wins
-99.9% vs Bottas at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Tambay0000111
🇫🇮 Bottas0041907161,738

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.

MetricTambayRetiredBottasActive
Grand Prix wins210
Podiums1167
Pole positions520
Grand Prix starts114
Best championship finish4
Championship runner-up finishes2
Race starts250
Dominance w25%6666
Peak w20%8478
Longevity w20%7480
Honours w20%6264
Statistics w15%7878

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bottas72.6
Tambay72.2
The people
Tambay
Bottas

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