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Jody Scheckter

🇿🇦 South African1972–1980

1979 World Champion. Won 10 of 112 starts across 9 seasons, and outscored Patrick Depailler over 45 races together.

Titles
1
=16th all-time
Wins
10
8.9% of starts
Podiums
33
29.5% of starts
Career points
255
246 counted
Starts
112
9 seasons, 4 teams

Ranks are all-time since 1958.

Championship finish by season

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Against Scheckter's teammates

Points in races together
Patrick Depailler 114 – 65 1974–76 · 45 races · ahead on the results sheet 26–19
Gilles Villeneuve 62 – 57 1979–80 · 28 races · ahead on the results sheet 12–16
Denny Hulme 0 – 13 1972–73 · 6 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–6
Peter Revson 0 – 26 1972–73 · 5 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–4
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Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi 8 – 0 1976 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–1
Keke Rosberg 6 – 0 1978 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–1
Ian Scheckter 12 – 0 1975–76 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–0
Bobby Rahal 10 – 0 1978 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–0
Eddie Keizan 0 – 0 1974 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Jean-Pierre Jabouille 0 – 0 1975 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Michel Leclère 1 – 0 1975 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Kazuyoshi Hoshino 0 – 0 1976 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0

Best circuits

By wins
2 Circuit de Monaco 7 starts · avg finish 4.3 Won 1977, 1979 2 Scandinavian Raceway 5 starts · avg finish 10.8 Won 1974, 1976 1 Kyalami 8 starts · avg finish 7.6 Won 1975 1 Brands Hatch 4 starts · avg finish 7.5 Won 1974 1 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 6 starts · avg finish 7.7 Won 1979

Milestones

Debut
1972 United States GP McLaren
First points
1974 Spanish GP 5th
First podium
1974 Belgian GP 3rd
First win
1974 Swedish GP 13th career start
Best run
2 wins in a row 1979
Best season
3 wins 1977
Last win
1979 Italian GP Ferrari
Final start
1980 United States GP Ferrari

Under today's points system

25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, scored by the calculator
255 848 +593

Career points re-scored with today's table. 1979: 60 → 153. Replay 1979 in the calculator →

All seasons

Points as counted for the championship
Year Team Pos Pts Wins Podiums Teammate
1980 Ferrari 19 2 0 0 Gilles Villeneuve
1979 Ferrari 1 51 (60 scored) 3 6 Gilles Villeneuve
1978 Wolf 7 24 0 4 Keke Rosberg, Bobby Rahal
1977 Wolf 2 55 3 9
1976 Tyrrell 3 49 1 5 Patrick Depailler, Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi
1975 Tyrrell 7 20 1 3 Patrick Depailler, Ian Scheckter
1974 Tyrrell 3 45 2 6 Patrick Depailler, Eddie Keizan
1973 McLaren 29 0 0 0 Denny Hulme, Peter Revson
1972 McLaren 29 0 0 0 Denny Hulme, Peter Revson

Starts count Grands Prix with a classified result, sprints excluded. Figures cover the World Championship from 1958.