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Ronnie Peterson All drivers

Ronnie Peterson

🇸🇪 Swedish1970–1978

Won 10 of 123 starts across 9 seasons, and outscored Jacky Ickx over 24 races together.

Titles
0
Best: 2nd
Wins
10
8.1% of starts
Podiums
26
21.1% of starts
Career points
206
as scored at the time
Starts
123
9 seasons, 5 teams

Championship finish by season

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Against Peterson's teammates

Points in races together
Jacky Ickx 38 – 15 1974–75 · 24 races · ahead on the results sheet 14–10
Mario Andretti 51 – 64 1970–78 · 17 races · ahead on the results sheet 5–12
Henri Pescarolo 37 – 4 1971–72 · 17 races · ahead on the results sheet 13–4
Patrick Depailler 7 – 20 1977 · 17 races · ahead on the results sheet 6–11
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Emerson Fittipaldi 52 – 55 1973 · 15 races · ahead on the results sheet 7–8
Vittorio Brambilla 10 – 1 1976 · 15 races · ahead on the results sheet 9–6
Hans-Joachim Stuck 10 – 5 1976 · 15 races · ahead on the results sheet 8–7
Mike Beuttler 27 – 0 1971–72 · 13 races · ahead on the results sheet 13–0
Niki Lauda 12 – 0 1971–72 · 12 races · ahead on the results sheet 11–1
Carlos Pace 11 – 3 1972 · 11 races · ahead on the results sheet 8–3
Jo Siffert 0 – 0 1970 · 9 races · ahead on the results sheet 5–4
Chris Amon 0 – 20 1970 · 9 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–7
Rolf Stommelen 8 – 0 1972 · 8 races · ahead on the results sheet 7–1
Hector Rebaque 34 – 1 1978 · 8 races · ahead on the results sheet 5–3
Jackie Stewart 0 – 12 1970 · 7 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–4
François Cevert 0 – 1 1970 · 7 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–5
Skip Barber 16 – 0 1971–72 · 5 races · ahead on the results sheet 5–0
Arturo Merzario 0 – 0 1976 · 5 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–3
Nanni Galli 22 – 0 1971 · 4 races · ahead on the results sheet 4–0
Alex Soler-Roig 3 – 0 1971 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–1
Brian Henton 3 – 0 1975 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–1
Jim Crawford 0 – 0 1975 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–2
John Love 0 – 0 1971 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Andrea de Adamich 0 – 0 1971 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Jean-Pierre Jarier 6 – 0 1971 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Dave Charlton 0 – 0 1973 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Ian Scheckter 0 – 0 1974 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Paddy Driver 0 – 0 1974 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Guy Tunmer 0 – 0 1975 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Eddie Keizan 0 – 0 1975 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
John Watson 0 – 0 1975 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Kunimitsu Takahashi 0 – 0 1977 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1

Best circuits

By wins
3 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 9 starts · avg finish 8.1 Won 1973, 1974, 1976 2 Red Bull Ring 8 starts · avg finish 6.5 Won 1973, 1978 1 Circuit de Monaco 9 starts · avg finish 8.6 Won 1974 1 Watkins Glen 8 starts · avg finish 9.6 Won 1973 1 Circuit Paul Ricard 5 starts · avg finish 10.4 Won 1973

Milestones

Debut
1970 Monaco GP March · 2nd · also first points and podium
First win
1973 French GP 40th career start
Best run
2 wins in a row 1973
Best season
4 wins 1973
Last win
1978 Austrian GP Team Lotus
Final start
1978 Italian GP Team Lotus

Under today's points system

25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, scored by the calculator
206 724 +518

Career points re-scored with today's table. 1978: 51 → 159 (2nd → 3rd). Replay 1978 in the calculator →

All seasons

Points as counted for the championship
Year Team Pos Pts Wins Podiums Teammate
1978 Team Lotus 2 51 2 7 Mario Andretti, Hector Rebaque
1977 Tyrrell 14 7 0 1 Patrick Depailler, Kunimitsu Takahashi
1976 March / Team Lotus 11 10 1 1 Vittorio Brambilla, Hans-Joachim Stuck
1975 Team Lotus 13 6 0 0 Jacky Ickx, Brian Henton
1974 Team Lotus 5 35 3 4 Jacky Ickx, Ian Scheckter
1973 Team Lotus 3 52 4 7 Emerson Fittipaldi, Dave Charlton
1972 March 9 12 0 1 Niki Lauda, Carlos Pace
1971 March-Ford / March-Alfa Romeo 2 33 0 5 Henri Pescarolo, Nanni Galli
1970 March 27 0 0 0 Jo Siffert, Chris Amon

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