Alessandro Zanardi
Italian · 1991–1999
VS

Johnny Herbert
British · 1989–2000
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
5
14
Qualifyingahead
4
15
Alessandro Zanardi · Johnny Herbert
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.795s
Johnny Herbert faster by the median gap over 7 sessions
1994 +0.795s 7
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
15 — 26
41 shared
Qualifying H2H
11 — 29
41 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P20
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 1
1993 P9
Teammate battle by season
3
9
1993
2
5
1994
Career totals
Alessandro Zanardi Johnny Herbert
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
3
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
7
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
1
98
Starts
42
162
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alessandro Zanardi Johnny Herbert
Win rate
0%
1.9%
Podium rate
0%
4.3%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.0
0.6
Avg grid
P16.4
P13.1
Avg finish
P15.6
P12.6
Finish rate
45.2%
56.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alessandro Zanardi Johnny Herbert
Overtakes
98
568
Overtakes / race
6.5
7.4
Places lost
80
407
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
Alessandro Zanardi Johnny Herbert
Mechanical retirements
16
40
Crash retirements
7
30
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1991
Debut season
1989
—
First win
1995 · aged 31
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P6
Best finish
P1
+0.8
Avg places gained
+0.5
Season points trajectory
1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999
Alessandro Zanardi Johnny Herbert
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alessandro Zanardi Johnny Herbert
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 1 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P7 1 · 1 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P3
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P4
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P5
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P4
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P11
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7
Kyalami 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P8
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P4
Donington Park 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Alessandro Zanardi
TEA
Jordan 1991Minardi 1992Team Lotus 1993–1994Williams 1999
Johnny Herbert
TEA
BEN
SAU
Tyrrell 1989Benetton 1989Team Lotus 1990–1994Ligier 1994Benetton 1994–1995Sauber 1996–1998Stewart 1999Jaguar 2000
19892000
Alessandro Zanardi → Johnny Herbert → Compare others
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).