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Piquet vs Fittipaldi

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PiquetWinner
83.9

Piquet wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

Fittipaldi
81.9

Fittipaldi wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet
83.9

Piquet leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Three world titles across the turbo era's most dangerous machinery.

1. Nelson Piquet
83.9
2. Emerson Fittipaldi
81.9

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. 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi5 seasons played · career day 1,82512 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet5 seasons played · career day 2,19010 race wins
-16.7% vs Fittipaldi at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Piquet0000717
🇧🇷 Fittipaldi00111214

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.

MetricPiquetRetiredFittipaldiRetired
World titles32
Grand Prix wins2314
Podiums6035
Pole positions24
Race starts204144
Fastest laps23
Indianapolis 500 wins2
IndyCar titles1
Dominance w25%8278
Peak w20%8686
Longevity w20%8486
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%8480

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GOAT Rank · the data
Piquet83.9
Fittipaldi81.9
The people
Piquet
Fittipaldi

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