Alberto Ascari

Italian · 1950–1955
VS

Jacques Villeneuve

Canadian · 1996–2006
Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alberto Ascari Jacques Villeneuve
Championships
2
1
Wins
13
11
Poles
13
13
Podiums
15
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
134.14
235
Starts
32
165
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alberto Ascari Jacques Villeneuve
Win rate
40.6%
6.7%
Podium rate
46.9%
13.9%
Pole rate
40.6%
7.9%
Points / start
4.2
1.4
Avg grid
P3.9
P9.1
Avg finish
P8.5
P10.3
Finish rate
59.4%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alberto Ascari 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
Alberto Ascari Jacques Villeneuve
Mechanical retirements
10
38
Crash retirements
3
17
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1996
1951 · aged 33
First win
1996 · aged 25
1951
First pole
1996
1952 · aged 34
First title
1997 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.6
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
1950 1957 1964 1971 1978 1985 1992 1999 2006
Alberto Ascari Jacques Villeneuve
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alberto Ascari Jacques Villeneuve
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 1950–1954Maserati 1954Lancia 1954–1955
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams 1996–1998BAR 1999–2003Renault 2004Sauber 2005BMW Sauber 2006
19502006
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).