Anthony Davidson
British · 2002–2008
VS

Takuma Sato
Japanese · 2002–2008
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
7
14
Qualifyingahead
13
8
Anthony Davidson · Takuma Sato
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.178s
Anthony Davidson faster by the median gap over 21 sessions
2007 −0.304s 17
2008 +0.108s 4
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
7 — 16
23 shared
Qualifying H2H
13 — 10
23 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P22
Best championship
P8
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 2
2007 P17 2008 P21
Teammate battle by season
5
12
2007
2
2
2008
Career totals
Anthony Davidson Takuma Sato
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
44
Starts
24
91
Rate-adjusted · per start
Anthony Davidson Takuma Sato
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0%
1.1%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.0
0.5
Avg grid
P17.2
P14.5
Avg finish
P16.2
P13.5
Finish rate
58.3%
69.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Anthony Davidson Takuma Sato
Overtakes
173
686
Overtakes / race
7.5
7.8
Places lost
126
543
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
Anthony Davidson Takuma Sato
Mechanical retirements
5
16
Crash retirements
5
9
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
2002
Debut season
2002
—
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P11
Best finish
P3
+1.0
Avg places gained
+1.1
Season points trajectory
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Anthony Davidson Takuma Sato
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Anthony Davidson Takuma Sato
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P3
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P9
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P9
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P5
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P6
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P11
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P11
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P6
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P12
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P11
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 0 · P17
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P9
Fuji Speedway 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P15
Team history
Anthony Davidson
MIN
BAR
SUP
Minardi 2002BAR 2005Super Aguri 2007–2008
Takuma Sato
JOR
BAR
SUP
Jordan 2002BAR 2003–2005Super Aguri 2006–2008
20022008
Anthony Davidson → Takuma Sato → 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).