Carlos Pace vs John Watson

1974·

Carlos Pace beat John Watson 5–1 on race day and 4–2 in qualifying at Brabham in 1974. Carlos Pace scored 8 points to 5.

Carlos PaceJohn Watson

4Qualifying2

6 shared races

5Race day1

6 shared races

8Points5

in shared races, as awarded at the time

34Points (today’s rules)28

in shared races, rescored 25-18-15…

Wins: 0/0
Podiums: 1/0
Poles: 0/0
Retirements: 1/2
Best finish: P2/P4
Avg. grid: 9.5/10.7

Race by race

Round-by-round comparison of Carlos Pace and John Watson
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Carlos Pace	John Watson	Points
10	10British Grand Prix	20/13	P9	P11▼	0 / 0
11	11German Grand Prix	17/14	P12▼	Suspension	0 / 0
12	12Austrian Grand Prix	4/11	Fuel leak	P4	0 / 3
13	13Italian Grand Prix	3/4	P5	P7	2 / 0
14	14Canadian Grand Prix	9/15	P8	Suspension	0 / 0
15	15United States Grand Prix	4/7	P2▲	P5	6 / 2
	Average finish		P7.2	P6.8

How to read this table

The driver ahead in a round is shown in bold, the other in grey. Grid shows Carlos Pace / John Watson.
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.

Carlos Pace and John Watson in other seasons

Other seasons in which Carlos Pace and John Watson were teammates
Season	Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
1977	Brabham	Carlos Pace vs John Watson	1–2	2–1	6–1

Other Brabham battles in 1974

Other Brabham teammate battles in 1974
Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
Carlos Reutemann vs John Watson	14–1	8–7	32–6
Carlos Pace vs Carlos Reutemann	0–6	2–4	8–23
Rikky von Opel vs John Watson	0–4	1–3	0–0
Rikky von Opel vs Carlos Reutemann	1–3	3–1	0–0
Carlos Reutemann vs Richard Robarts	3–0	3–0	9–0
Richard Robarts vs John Watson	0–3	2–1	0–0

Carlos Pace’s career John Watson’s career Brabham 1974 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 Entries that did not qualify, did not pre-qualify or were withdrawn are excluded, as are cars that never left the grid or the garage, and the Indianapolis 500 of 1950–1960.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.