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Piers Courage

  • 1966–1970
  • COU
  • Born 27 May 1942 in Colchester
  • Died 21 June 1970
  • Piers Raymond Courage

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position12.1
  • Avg finish5.6
  • Retirement rate68%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+46
  • Points scored20
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak1
  • Longest points-scoring streak1
  • TeamsLotus (1966–1967) · BRM (1967–1968) · Brabham (1969) · De Tomaso (1970)

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 1966: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1967: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1968: 11 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P20 1969: 10 starts, 2 podiums, 0 wins , championship P8 1970: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1966196719681969197011 1966: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1967: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1968: 11 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P20 1969: 10 starts, 2 podiums, 0 wins , championship P8 1970: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 196619681970
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1966Lotus10–
1967Lotus, BRM20–
1968BRM114P20
1969Brabham10216P8
1970De Tomaso40–

Every race

30 entries, 28 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 30 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1966German Grand PrixLotus23DNF
1967South African Grand PrixLotus18DNF
Monaco Grand PrixBRM13DNF
British Grand PrixBRM16DNS
1968Spanish Grand PrixBRM11DNF
Monaco Grand PrixBRM11DNF
Belgian Grand PrixBRM7DNF
Dutch Grand PrixBRM14DNF
French Grand PrixBRM14P61
British Grand PrixBRM16P8
German Grand PrixBRM8P8
Italian Grand PrixBRM17P43
Canadian Grand PrixBRM14DNF
United States Grand PrixBRM14DNF
Mexican Grand PrixBRM19DNF
1969Spanish Grand PrixBrabham11DNF
Monaco Grand PrixBrabham9P26
Dutch Grand PrixBrabham9DNF
French Grand PrixBrabham11DNF
British Grand PrixBrabham10P52
German Grand PrixBrabham7DNF
Italian Grand PrixBrabham4P52
Canadian Grand PrixBrabham10DNF
United States Grand PrixBrabham9P26
Mexican Grand PrixBrabham9P10
1970South African Grand PrixDe Tomaso20DNF
Spanish Grand PrixDe Tomaso13DNS
Monaco Grand PrixDe Tomaso9NC
Belgian Grand PrixDe Tomaso12DNF
Dutch Grand PrixDe Tomaso9DNF

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
Pedro Rodríguez1966–19680:12:10+0.89%4 : 18Compare
Jacky Ickx19691:21:9+1.31%16 : 37Compare
Richard Attwood1968–19692:04:3−0.75%1 : 6Compare
Silvio Moser19692:07:0−3.63%14 : 1Compare
Jack Brabham19691:12:5+0.31%14 : 14Compare
Mike Spence1966–19670:00:2+2.38%0 : 1Compare
Jim Clark1966–19670:00:2–0 : 0Compare
John Cordts19690:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Peter Arundell19660:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Kurt Ahrens, Jr.19690:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Peter Westbury19690:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Xavier Perrot19690:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Jackie Stewart19670:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Graham Hill19670:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Bobby Unser19680:01:0–0 : 0Compare

Green: Piers Courage 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
Monaco412
Nürburgring38
Zandvoort3–
Kyalami2–
Spa-Francorchamps2–
Monza24.5
Watkins Glen212
Hermanos Rodríguez210