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FRANCE
Jacques Laffite
BORN 1943-11-21 / 1974–1986 / 4 CONSTRUCTORS
CAREER · LIFETIME
The big numbers
STARTS
176
WINS
6
PODIUMS
32
POLES
7
FL
7
TITLES
0
PTS
228
CHART · 01
Career cumulative wins by year
Step plot with title-year markers (the yellow rings). Tap a point for the year's count.
Cumulative race wins by season for Jacques Laffite, with championship seasons marked.
DATA
| YEAR | WINS | CUM | CHAMPION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1975 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1977 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1978 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1979 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1980 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1981 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1982 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1983 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1984 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1985 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1986 | 0 | 6 |
CHART · 02
Finishing-position distribution by season
One box per season — quartiles + whiskers. Purple ticks mark wins (P1 finishes).
Distribution of finishing positions by season for Jacques Laffite, including best, median, and worst classified finishes.
DATA
| YEAR | RACES | BEST | MEDIAN | WORST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 1975 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 |
| 1976 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 1977 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 1978 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 1979 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 1980 | 10 | 1 | 3.5 | 11 |
| 1981 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1982 | 4 | 3 | 7.5 | 14 |
| 1983 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 1984 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 1985 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 1986 | 6 | 2 | 5.5 | 7 |
CHART · 03
Win rate by season
Bars are wins ÷ starts per season. Purple bars are dominant years (≥50%).
Percentage of race starts won in each season by Jacques Laffite.
DATA
| YEAR | WINS | STARTS | RATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 1975 | 0 | 10 | 0% |
| 1976 | 0 | 16 | 0% |
| 1977 | 1 | 17 | 6% |
| 1978 | 0 | 16 | 0% |
| 1979 | 2 | 15 | 13% |
| 1980 | 1 | 14 | 7% |
| 1981 | 2 | 15 | 13% |
| 1982 | 0 | 15 | 0% |
| 1983 | 0 | 13 | 0% |
| 1984 | 0 | 16 | 0% |
| 1985 | 0 | 15 | 0% |
| 1986 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
SEASONS · 13
By the year
Every season this driver entered. Click a year to open that season's timing sheet.
| YEAR | CONSTRUCTORS | POS | STARTS | WINS | PODIUMS | POLES | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Ligier | P8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 1985 | Ligier | P9 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 1984 | Williams | P14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1983 | Williams | P11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1982 | Ligier | P17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1981 | Ligier | P4 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 44 |
| 1980 | Ligier | P4 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 34 |
| 1979 | Ligier | P4 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 36 |
| 1978 | Ligier | P8 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 1977 | Ligier | P10 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 1976 | Ligier | P8 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 1975 | Frank Williams Racing Cars | P12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1974 | Iso-Marlboro | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BEST CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION P4 · LAST RACED 1986