Damon Hill

British · 1992–1999
VS

Jack Brabham

Australian · 1955–1970
Championship record
1
World titles
3
2
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Damon Hill Jack Brabham
Championships
1
3
Wins
22
14
Poles
20
13
Podiums
42
31
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
360
261
Starts
116
128
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill Jack Brabham
Win rate
19%
10.9%
Podium rate
36.2%
24.2%
Pole rate
17.2%
10.2%
Points / start
3.1
2.0
Avg grid
P6.1
P7.4
Avg finish
P8.9
P9.2
Finish rate
68.1%
58.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill Jack Brabham
Overtakes
342
0
Overtakes / race
5.6
0.0
Places lost
287
0
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 Jack Brabham
Mechanical retirements
18
44
Crash retirements
18
8
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1992
Debut season
1955
1993 · aged 32
First win
1959 · aged 33
1993
First pole
1959
1996 · aged 36
First title
1959 · aged 33
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-1.8
Season points trajectory
1955 1961 1967 1973 1979 1985 1991 1997
Damon Hill Jack Brabham
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Damon Hill Jack Brabham
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 3 · 4 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 2 · P1
Hockenheimring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Kyalami 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P13
Team history
Damon Hill
Brabham 1992Williams 1993–1996Arrows 1997Jordan 1998–1999
Jack Brabham
Cooper 1955Maserati 1956Cooper 1957–1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1961Lotus-Climax 1962Brabham 1962Lotus-Climax 1963Brabham 1963Brabham-Climax 1964–1965Brabham-Repco 1966–1968Brabham-Ford 1969Brabham 1970
19551999
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).