Christian Klien
Austrian · 2004–2010
VS

David Coulthard
British · 1994–2008
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
12
18
Qualifyingahead
14
16
Christian Klien · David Coulthard
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.113s
David Coulthard faster by the median gap over 29 sessions
2005 −0.026s 15
2006 +0.316s 14
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
16 — 32
48 shared
Qualifying H2H
15 — 33
48 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
5
P15
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 3
2004 P10 2005 P12 2006 P13
Teammate battle by season
5
10
2005
7
8
2006
Career totals
Christian Klien David Coulthard
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
13
Poles
0
12
Podiums
0
62
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
14
535
Starts
51
247
Rate-adjusted · per start
Christian Klien David Coulthard
Win rate
0%
5.3%
Podium rate
0%
25.1%
Pole rate
0%
4.9%
Points / start
0.3
2.2
Avg grid
P13.2
P7.7
Avg finish
P13.7
P9.5
Finish rate
72.5%
69.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Christian Klien David Coulthard
Overtakes
361
1,451
Overtakes / race
8.0
6.8
Places lost
302
1,184
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
Christian Klien David Coulthard
Mechanical retirements
7
45
Crash retirements
7
31
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
2004
Debut season
1994
—
First win
1995 · aged 24
—
First pole
1995
—
First title
—
P5
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-1.8
Season points trajectory
1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
Christian Klien David Coulthard
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Christian Klien David Coulthard
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 2 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · — 2 · 4 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P14 2 · 3 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P9 1 · 4 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P14 1 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 1 · P1
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 5 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 5 · P3
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 4 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 4 · P2
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 4 · P3
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 2 · P2
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 2 · P2
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P3
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P8
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P8
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P7
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7
Team history
Christian Klien
Jaguar 2004Red Bull 2005–2006HRT 2010
David Coulthard
MCL
RED
Williams 1994–1995McLaren 1996–2004Red Bull 2005–2008
19942010
Christian Klien → David Coulthard → 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).