Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alan Jones
Jacques Villeneuve
Championships
1
1
Wins
12
11
Poles
6
13
Podiums
24
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
206
235
Starts
117
165
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alan Jones
Jacques Villeneuve
Win rate
10.3%
6.7%
Podium rate
20.5%
13.9%
Pole rate
5.1%
7.9%
Points / start
1.8
1.4
Avg grid
P11.5
P9.1
Avg finish
P11.4
P10.3
Finish rate
59%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alan Jones
Jacques Villeneuve
Overtakes
0
1,120
Overtakes / race
0.0
7.0
Places lost
0
870
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
Jacques Villeneuve
Mechanical retirements
31
38
Crash retirements
14
17
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
1996
1977 · aged 30
First win
1996 · aged 25
1979
First pole
1996
1980 · aged 33
First title
1997 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
Alan Jones
Jacques Villeneuve
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alan Jones | Jacques Villeneuve |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Red Bull Ring | 2 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P3 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuito de Jerez | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
Team history
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).