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Didier Pironi Formula 1 driver
F1 Didier Pironi profile

Didier Pironi Formula 1 driver

F1 seasons
Didier Pironi
NationalityFRANCE
HometownParis
Date of birth1952 March 26
Date of death1987 August 23
First Race Buenos Aires 1978
Last Race Hockenheim 1982
Year active1978 » 1982
Best championship position 2nd 1 time
1982
Grands Prix entered72
Teams3
Seasons5
Circuits22
Best race starting position 1 X 4
Best race finishing position 1 X 3
Victories3
Podiums13
Pole positions4
First row start6
Fastest lap5
Points finishes29
Points101

Championship position

Starting grid positions

Final race positions

Positions heatmap (starting grid / final race)

Statistics by age

Average pole and final position by age

More statistics by age for Didier Pironi


Career chart profile

Seasons: nr of season from first GP until the last.

Juan Manuel Fangio started in 1950 and had last race in 1958. But he skipped 1952 season.

#Grand Prix: nr of GrandPrix in all seasons.

100% for Kimi Raikkonen even he did not start in 2010 and 2011 but in those seasons there were no new GrandPrix except in the other seasons he started

not 100% for Damon Hill. At debut in 1982 did not start the first three GP. In that season was the last race GP Kyalami.

GP entered: total number of races from all seasons.

Not 100% if a driver did not start at least a race, or entered in all but skip a season

Victories, Podiums, Pole positions, Fastest laps, Finish in points: percentage from total race entrance

Points: percentage from total points he could get if win all races, and bonus if availabe(ex 1 point for fastest lap)

Didier Pironi, F1 teammates

SeasonChamp
Position
Points Teammate(s)Race
entries
Vict.Poles PodiumsFastLap
1982 2nd 39 Patrick Tambay compare drivers, Gilles Villeneuve compare drivers 12 2 2 6 2
1981 13th 9 Gilles Villeneuve compare drivers 15 1
1980 5th 32 Jacques Laffite compare drivers 14 1 2 5 2
1979 10th 14 Jean-Pierre Jarier compare drivers, Derek Daly compare drivers, Geoff Lees compare drivers 15 2
1978 15th 7 Patrick Depailler compare drivers 16