François Cevert vs Jackie Stewart

1971·

Jackie Stewart edged François Cevert 8–3 in the races and 10–1 in qualifying at Tyrrell in 1971. Jackie Stewart scored 62 points to 26.

François CevertJackie Stewart

1Qualifying10

11 shared races

3Race day8

11 shared races

26Points62

in shared races, as awarded at the time

91Points (today’s rules)178

in shared races, rescored 25-18-15…

Wins: 1/6
Podiums: 4/7
Poles: 0/6
Retirements: 4/2
Best finish: P1/P1
Avg. grid: 7.8/2.2

Race by race

Round-by-round comparison of François Cevert and Jackie Stewart
R	Grand Prix	Grid	François Cevert	Jackie Stewart	Points
1	1South African Grand Prix	9/1	Accident	P2	0 / 6
2	2Spanish Grand Prix	12/4	P7	P1	0 / 9
3	3Monaco Grand Prix	15/1	Accident	P1	0 / 9
4	4Dutch Grand Prix	12/3	Accident	P11▼	0 / 0
5	5French Grand Prix	7/1	P2	P1	6 / 9
6	6British Grand Prix	10/2	P10▼	P1	0 / 9
7	7German Grand Prix	5/1	P2	P1	6 / 9
8	8Austrian Grand Prix	3/2	Engine	Halfshaft	0 / 0
9	9Italian Grand Prix	5/7	P3	Engine	4 / 0
10	10Canadian Grand Prix	3/1	P6	P1	1 / 9
11	11United States Grand Prix	5/1	P1	P5	9 / 2
	Average finish		P4.4	P2.7

How to read this table

The driver ahead in a round is shown in bold, the other in grey. Grid shows François Cevert / Jackie Stewart.
P1 a win,P3 a podium,DNF a retirement.
▲ a finish at least 4 places better than that driver’s own average finish this season (see the average row), ▼ at least 4places worse. Retirements are not counted in the average.

François Cevert and Jackie Stewart in other seasons

Other seasons in which François Cevert and Jackie Stewart were teammates
Season	Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
1973	Tyrrell	François Cevert vs Jackie Stewart	4–10	5–9	47–71
1972	Tyrrell	François Cevert vs Jackie Stewart	0–11	3–8	9–45
1970	March	François Cevert vs Jackie Stewart	0–6	2–4	1–12

François Cevert’s career Jackie Stewart’s career Tyrrell 1971 season All teammate battles

How these numbers are calculated

Only races both drivers started are counted. Entries that did not qualify, did not pre-qualify or were withdrawn are excluded, as are cars that never left the grid or the garage, and the Indianapolis 500 of 1950–1960.
Until the mid-1960s drivers could share a car during a race. Each driver is compared from the car they started (which sets their grid position), with the best result of any car they drove and the points from all of them, as officially credited.
Qualifying is compared on grid position rather than session times. Session-by-session qualifying data only exists from 1994, while grid position is recorded for over 99% of entries right back to 1950 — including every race of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
On race day the driver classified ahead takes the round. If neither was classified, the one who completed more laps is credited; if both retired on the same lap it is scored as a tie and excluded from the tally.
Points are those awarded at the time and include sprint races from 2021. Where the season used an older system, a second points row rescores every round under the current system so seasons from different eras can be compared.
These are points scored in the races both drivers started, not their season totals: races either missed, or contested alongside a different teammate, are left out. Up to 1990 even full-season totals differ from the championship standings, because only a driver’s best results counted towards the title. In 1988 Alain Prost outscored Ayrton Senna 105 to 94 and still lost the championship. Theseason page has the final standings.