As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Damon Hill · Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.095s
Heinz-Harald Frentzen faster by the median gap over 3 sessions
1999
+0.095s
3
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
54
—
44
98 shared
Qualifying H2H
57
—
40
97 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
2
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings:
4 · 2
1994
P2
1995
P2
1996
P1
1997
P2
1998
P6
1999
P3
Teammate battle by season
2
14
1999
Career totals
Damon Hill
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Championships
1
0
Wins
22
3
Poles
20
2
Podiums
42
18
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
360
174
Starts
116
158
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Win rate
19%
1.9%
Podium rate
36.2%
11.4%
Pole rate
17.2%
1.3%
Points / start
3.1
1.1
Avg grid
P6.1
P8.9
Avg finish
P8.9
P11.0
Finish rate
68.1%
62.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Overtakes
342
840
Overtakes / race
5.6
7.1
Places lost
287
578
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
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Mechanical retirements
18
38
Crash retirements
18
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: 1 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1992
Debut season
1994
1993 · aged 32
First win
1997 · aged 29
1993
First pole
1997
1996 · aged 36
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-2.0
Season points trajectory
Damon Hill
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Damon Hill | Heinz-Harald Frentzen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Adelaide Street Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuito de Jerez | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Okayama International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P4 |
Team history
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).