Alan Jones

Australian · 1975–1986
VS

Damon Hill

British · 1992–1999
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
2
3
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alan Jones Damon Hill
Championships
1
1
Wins
12
22
Poles
6
20
Podiums
24
42
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
206
360
Starts
117
116
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alan Jones Damon Hill
Win rate
10.3%
19%
Podium rate
20.5%
36.2%
Pole rate
5.1%
17.2%
Points / start
1.8
3.1
Avg grid
P11.5
P6.1
Avg finish
P11.4
P8.9
Finish rate
59%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alan Jones Damon Hill
Overtakes
0
342
Overtakes / race
0.0
5.6
Places lost
0
287
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Alan Jones Damon Hill
Mechanical retirements
31
18
Crash retirements
14
18
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both. Retirements with an unclear cause: 3 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
1992
1977 · aged 30
First win
1993 · aged 32
1979
First pole
1993
1980 · aged 33
First title
1996 · aged 36
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-2.8
Season points trajectory
1975 1978 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999
Alan Jones Damon Hill
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alan Jones Damon Hill
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P11 3 · 4 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · — 2 · 5 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 2 · P1
Hockenheimring 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Red Bull Ring 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 1 · P2 2 · 2 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 3 · P1
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 0 · — 1 · 4 · P1
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4
Kyalami 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Alan Jones
WIL
Hesketh 1975Embassy Hill 1975Surtees 1976Shadow 1977Williams 1978–1981Arrows 1983Lola 1985–1986
Damon Hill
WIL
Brabham 1992Williams 1993–1996Arrows 1997Jordan 1998–1999
19751999
Basis

Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).