South African

Jody Scheckter

Born 29 Jan 1950

1×

World champion

1979

Races

112

debut 1972

Wins

9% of starts

Podiums

Poles

Fastest laps

–

no data before 2004

Points

246

Best finish

Finish rate

66%

classified finishes

First win at

1974 Swedish GP

Teams

Wolf, Ferrari

Career at a glanceBar height = championship position · colour = team

19721980

Season by season

Career

Season	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	Points	Pos
1980	Ferrari	13	0	0	2	19
1979	Ferrari	15	3	6	51	1
1978	Wolf	16	0	4	24	7
1977	Wolf	17	3	9	55	2
1976	Tyrrell	16	1	5	49	3
1975	Tyrrell	14	1	3	20	7
1974	Tyrrell	15	2	6	45	3
1973	McLaren	5	0	0	0	-
1972	McLaren	1	0	0	0	-

Head to head

Teammates

Won 52 of 98 qualifying duels with a teammate (53%) and 28 of 52 race duels (54%).

Teammate	Together	Races	Qualifying	Race	Points
Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell 1974–1976	45	27–18	16–10	114–65
Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari 1979–1980	28	8–20	5–11	62–57
Denny Hulme	McLaren 1972–1973	6	2–4	0–2	0–13
Peter Revson	McLaren 1972–1973	5	1–4	1–1	0–26
Keke Rosberg	Wolf 1978	3	3–0	1–0	6–0
Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Tyrrell 1976	3	3–0	2–0	8–0
Bobby Rahal	Wolf 1978	2	2–0	1–0	10–0
Ian Scheckter	Tyrrell 1975–1976	2	2–0	0–0	12–0
Otto Stuppacher	Tyrrell 1976	1	0–0	0–0	2–0
Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Tyrrell 1976	1	1–0	0–0	0–0
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Tyrrell 1975	1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Michel Leclère	Tyrrell 1975	1	1–0	0–0	1–0
Eddie Keizan	Tyrrell 1974	1	1–0	1–0	0–0

Scheckter's score first. Only races in which both had a result for the same team count. Race: counted when both were classified. Before 1994 qualifying comes from the starting grid. Points are gross race and sprint points. Every season page has the full teammate battles.

10 victories

Jody Scheckter

Career

Teammates

Race wins