Damon Hill
British · 1992–1999
VS

David Coulthard
British · 1994–2008
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
19
6
Qualifyingahead
17
8
Damon Hill · David Coulthard
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.211s
Damon Hill faster by the median gap over 24 sessions
1994 −0.899s 8
1995 −0.018s 16
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
42 — 48
90 shared
Qualifying H2H
38 — 52
90 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
2
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
5
P1
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings: 3 · 3
1994 P2 1995 P2 1996 P1 1997 P3 1998 P3 1999 P4
Teammate battle by season
8
0
1994
11
6
1995
Career totals
Damon Hill David Coulthard
Championships
1
0
Wins
22
13
Poles
20
12
Podiums
42
62
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
360
535
Starts
116
247
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill David Coulthard
Win rate
19%
5.3%
Podium rate
36.2%
25.1%
Pole rate
17.2%
4.9%
Points / start
3.1
2.2
Avg grid
P6.1
P7.7
Avg finish
P8.9
P9.5
Finish rate
68.1%
69.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill David Coulthard
Overtakes
342
1,451
Overtakes / race
5.6
6.8
Places lost
287
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
Damon Hill David Coulthard
Mechanical retirements
18
45
Crash retirements
18
31
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: 1 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1992
Debut season
1994
1993 · aged 32
First win
1995 · aged 24
1993
First pole
1995
1996 · aged 36
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-1.8
Season points trajectory
1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
Damon Hill David Coulthard
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Damon Hill David Coulthard
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 3 · 4 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Hungaroring 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 5 · P2
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 1 · 4 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 4 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 4 · P3
Autódromo do Estoril 1 · 4 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Hockenheimring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P7 1 · 5 · P1
Adelaide Street Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 5 · P3
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Okayama International Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Team history
Damon Hill
WIL
Brabham 1992Williams 1993–1996Arrows 1997Jordan 1998–1999
David Coulthard
MCL
RED
Williams 1994–1995McLaren 1996–2004Red Bull 2005–2008
19922008
Damon Hill → 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).