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Bottas vs Reutemann

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ReutemannWinner
74.5

Reutemann wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Bottas
72.6

Bottas wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann
74.5

Reutemann leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. 12 Grand Prix wins and the 1981 title lost by a single point.

1. Carlos Reutemann
74.5
2. Valtteri Bottas
72.6

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. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas5 seasons played · career day 1,825716 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann5 seasons played · career day 1,82691 race wins
-87.3% vs Bottas at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇮 Bottas0041907161,738
🇦🇷 Reutemann0031988243

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.

MetricBottasActiveReutemannRetired
Grand Prix wins1012
Podiums6745
Pole positions206
Championship runner-up finishes21
Race starts250146
Dominance w25%6672
Peak w20%7882
Longevity w20%8072
Honours w20%6470
Statistics w15%7878

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GOAT Rank · the data
Reutemann74.5
Bottas72.6
The people
Bottas
Reutemann

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