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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

McLaren

HAK HäkkinenCoulthard COU
13Qualifying3
12Race3
100Points56

16 shared rounds · avg quali gap 1.4 places to HAK

Ferrari

MSC SchumacherIrvine IRV
15Qualifying1
12Race3
86Points47

16 shared rounds · avg quali gap 2.4 places to MSC

Williams

VIL VilleneuveFrentzen FRE
10Qualifying6
9Race7
21Points17

16 shared rounds · avg quali gap 0.8 places to VIL

Jordan

HIL HillSchumacher RSC
6Qualifying10
8Race6
20Points14

16 shared rounds · avg quali gap 0.2 places to RSC

Benetton

WUR WurzFisichella FIS
6Qualifying10
7Race7
17Points16

16 shared rounds · avg quali gap 1.7 places to FIS

Sauber

ALE AlesiHerbert HER
10Qualifying6
10Race4
9Points1

16 shared rounds · avg quali gap 1.3 places to ALE

Arrows

SAL SaloDiniz DIN
11Qualifying5
5Race3
3Points3

16 shared rounds · avg quali gap 1.6 places to SAL

Stewart

BAR BarrichelloMagnussen MAG
7Qualifying0
3Race1
4Points1

7 shared rounds · avg quali gap 5.4 places to BAR

Driver statistics

#DriverStartsPtsPts / raceAvg qualiBest qualiAvg finishIn pointsPlaces gainedFastest lapsDNF
1HAKMika Häkkinen161006.31.7P11.913-363
2MSCMichael Schumacher16865.43.1P12.612+763
3COUDavid Coulthard16563.53.1P13.211+134
4IRVEddie Irvine16472.95.4P23.811+223
5VILJacques Villeneuve16211.36.7P25.79+183
6HILDamon Hill16201.38.9P36.35+315
7FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen16171.17.4P36.77+144
8WURAlexander Wurz16171.18.8P57.06+2714
9FISGiancarlo Fisichella16161.07.1P16.25+165
10RSCRalf Schumacher16140.98.8P47.25+197
11ALEJean Alesi1690.610.5P27.64+464
12BARRubens Barrichello1640.313.2P58.52+2410
13SALMika Salo1630.215.2P610.81+2011
14DINPedro Diniz1630.216.8P129.02+3111
15HERJohnny Herbert1610.111.8P58.41+258
16MAGJan Magnussen710.118.9P169.31+264
17TRUJarno Trulli1610.113.9P1010.41+269

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

Team points split

McLaren
156 · 7 DNFFerrari
133 · 6 DNFWilliams
38 · 7 DNFJordan
34 · 12 DNFBenetton
33 · 9 DNFSauber
10 · 12 DNFArrows
6 · 22 DNFStewart
5 · 14 DNFProst
1 · 9 DNF

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

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