Cristiano da Matta
Brazilian · 2003–2004
VS

Olivier Panis
French · 1994–2004
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
17
11
Qualifyingahead
9
19
Cristiano da Matta · Olivier Panis
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.378s
Olivier Panis faster by the median gap over 27 sessions
2003 +0.429s 16
2004 +0.031s 11
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
17 — 11
28 shared
Qualifying H2H
9 — 19
28 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P13
Best championship
P8
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 1
2003 P13 2004 P14
Teammate battle by season
10
6
2003
7
5
2004
Career totals
Cristiano da Matta Olivier Panis
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
5
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
13
76
Starts
28
158
Rate-adjusted · per start
Cristiano da Matta Olivier Panis
Win rate
0%
0.6%
Podium rate
0%
3.2%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.5
0.5
Avg grid
P11.4
P12.2
Avg finish
P12.1
P11.9
Finish rate
75%
64.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Cristiano da Matta Olivier Panis
Overtakes
266
1,076
Overtakes / race
9.9
9.0
Places lost
217
726
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
Cristiano da Matta Olivier Panis
Mechanical retirements
3
34
Crash retirements
4
21
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
2003
Debut season
1994
—
First win
1996 · aged 29
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P6
Best finish
P1
-0.7
Avg places gained
+0.3
Season points trajectory
1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Cristiano da Matta Olivier Panis
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Cristiano da Matta Olivier Panis
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P4
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P8
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P5
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P4
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P7
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P5
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P5
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P12
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P5
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P5
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P9
Team history
Cristiano da Matta
TOY
Toyota 2003–2004
Olivier Panis
LIG
PRO
BAR
TOY
Ligier 1994–1996Prost 1997–1999BAR 2001–2002Toyota 2003–2004
19942004
Cristiano da Matta → Olivier Panis → 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).