Alberto Ascari
Italian · 1950–1955
VS

Damon Hill
British · 1992–1999
Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
2
3
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alberto Ascari Damon Hill
Championships
2
1
Wins
13
22
Poles
13
20
Podiums
15
42
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
134.14
360
Starts
32
116
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alberto Ascari Damon Hill
Win rate
40.6%
19%
Podium rate
46.9%
36.2%
Pole rate
40.6%
17.2%
Points / start
4.2
3.1
Avg grid
P3.9
P6.1
Avg finish
P8.5
P8.9
Finish rate
59.4%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alberto Ascari 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
Alberto Ascari Damon Hill
Mechanical retirements
10
18
Crash retirements
3
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: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1992
1951 · aged 33
First win
1993 · aged 32
1951
First pole
1993
1952 · aged 34
First title
1996 · aged 36
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.6
Avg places gained
-2.8
Season points trajectory
1950 1957 1964 1971 1978 1985 1992 1999
Alberto Ascari Damon Hill
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alberto Ascari Damon Hill
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 · 3 · P1 3 · 4 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Team history
Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 1950–1954Maserati 1954Lancia 1954–1955
Damon Hill
Brabham 1992Williams 1993–1996Arrows 1997Jordan 1998–1999
19501999
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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).