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Drivers & teams

The only fair comparison in Formula 1 is with the driver in the same car. Head-to-heads count rounds where both teammates took part.

Teammate battles

Williams

VIL VilleneuveFrentzen FRE
13Qualifying4
8Race7
81Points42

17 shared rounds · avg quali gap 1.5 places to VIL

Ferrari

IRV IrvineSchumacher MSC
1Qualifying16
2Race13
24Points78

17 shared rounds · avg quali gap 5.7 places to MSC

Benetton

ALE AlesiBerger BER
7Qualifying7
5Race9
36Points27

14 shared rounds · avg quali gap 1.1 places to ALE · also drove: WUR

McLaren

COU CoulthardHäkkinen HAK
6Qualifying11
7Race6
36Points27

17 shared rounds · avg quali gap 1.8 places to HAK

Jordan

FIS FisichellaSchumacher RSC
10Qualifying7
10Race5
20Points13

17 shared rounds · avg quali gap 0.3 places to FIS

Prost

PAN PanisNakano NAK
10Qualifying0
7Race1
16Points2

10 shared rounds · avg quali gap 8.7 places to PAN · also drove: TRU

Sauber

HER HerbertLarini LAR
5Qualifying0
2Race2
15Points1

5 shared rounds · avg quali gap 5.4 places to HER

Arrows

HIL HillDiniz DIN
14Qualifying3
7Race4
7Points2

17 shared rounds · avg quali gap 4.4 places to HIL

Driver statistics

#DriverStartsPtsPts / raceAvg qualiBest qualiAvg finishIn pointsPlaces gainedFastest lapsDNF
1VILJacques Villeneuve17814.82.1P12.211-536
2FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen17422.53.6P14.39-765
3COUDavid Coulthard17362.17.6P35.06+2217
4ALEJean Alesi17362.18.2P15.510+303
5BERGerhard Berger14271.99.1P16.17+3721
6HAKMika Häkkinen17271.65.8P14.77+1518
7IRVEddie Irvine17241.49.4P36.76+296
8FISGiancarlo Fisichella17201.28.3P26.56+1614
9PANOlivier Panis10161.68.5P35.85+262
10HERJohnny Herbert17150.910.9P75.96+646
11RSCRalf Schumacher17130.88.6P35.46+2110
12HILDamon Hill1770.412.3P39.32+227
13BARRubens Barrichello1760.411.1P39.71-314
14WURAlexander Wurz341.38.7P73.01+52
15TRUJarno Trulli1430.214.5P39.91+444
16SALMika Salo1720.119.0P1410.11+749
17DINPedro Diniz1720.116.7P89.21+3911
18NAKShinji Nakano1720.116.4P129.02+559
19LARNicola Larini510.213.8P118.01+202
20MSCMichael Schumacher17784.63.6P12.813+1134

Places gained = grid minus finish, summed over finished races (pit-lane starts excluded). Points include sprints.

Team points split

Williams
123 · 11 DNFFerrari
102 · 10 DNFBenetton
67 · 6 DNFMcLaren
63 · 15 DNFJordan
33 · 14 DNFProst
21 · 12 DNFSauber
16 · 8 DNFArrows
9 · 18 DNFStewart
6 · 14 DNFTyrrell
2 · 9 DNF

Solid = lead driver, striped = teammate (and any stand-ins). DNF counts both cars.

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