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Mark Donohue

  • 1971–1975
  • DON
  • Born 18 March 1937 in Haddon Township
  • Died 19 August 1975
  • Mark Neary Donohue Jr.

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position16.8
  • Avg finish7.4
  • Retirement rate43%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+77
  • Points scored8
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak1
  • Longest points-scoring streak1
  • TeamsMcLaren (1971) · Penske (1974–1975) · March (1975)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

The career at a glance

11 1971: 1 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins , championship P16 1974: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1975: 11 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P15 19711974197511 1971: 1 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins , championship P16 1974: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1975: 11 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P15 19711975
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1971McLaren114P16
1974Penske20–
1975Penske, March114P15

Every race

16 entries, 14 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 16 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1971Canadian Grand PrixMcLaren8P34
United States Grand PrixMcLaren–DNS
1974Canadian Grand PrixPenske24P12
United States Grand PrixPenske14DNF
1975Argentine Grand PrixPenske16P7
Brazilian Grand PrixPenske15DNF
South African Grand PrixPenske18P8
Spanish Grand PrixPenske17DNF
Monaco Grand PrixPenske16DNF
Belgian Grand PrixPenske21P11
Swedish Grand PrixPenske16P52
Dutch Grand PrixPenske18P8
French Grand PrixPenske18DNF
British Grand PrixMarch15P52
German Grand PrixMarch19DNF
Austrian Grand PrixMarch20DNS

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Vittorio Brambilla19751:00:2+1.36%2 : 1Compare
Denny Hulme19711:01:0–4 : 3Compare
Hans-Joachim Stuck19750:00:2+2.30%2 : 0Compare
Lella Lombardi19750:02:0−1.35%2 : 0Compare

Green: Mark Donohue came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.

Strongest circuits

Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.

CircuitStartsWinsPodiumsAvg finish
Mosport217.5