Damon Hill
British · 1992–1999
VS

Jacques Villeneuve
Canadian · 1996–2006
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
8
8
Qualifyingahead
13
3
Damon Hill · Jacques Villeneuve
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.561s
Damon Hill faster by the median gap over 7 sessions
1996 −0.561s 7
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
23 — 42
65 shared
Qualifying H2H
27 — 38
65 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 2
1996 P1 1997 P1 1998 P5
Teammate battle by season
8
8
1996
Career totals
Damon Hill Jacques Villeneuve
Championships
1
1
Wins
22
11
Poles
20
13
Podiums
42
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
360
235
Starts
116
165
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill Jacques Villeneuve
Win rate
19%
6.7%
Podium rate
36.2%
13.9%
Pole rate
17.2%
7.9%
Points / start
3.1
1.4
Avg grid
P6.1
P9.1
Avg finish
P8.9
P10.3
Finish rate
68.1%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill Jacques Villeneuve
Overtakes
342
1,120
Overtakes / race
5.6
7.0
Places lost
287
870
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 Jacques Villeneuve
Mechanical retirements
18
38
Crash retirements
18
17
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
1996
1993 · aged 32
First win
1996 · aged 25
1993
First pole
1996
1996 · aged 36
First title
1997 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006
Damon Hill Jacques Villeneuve
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Damon Hill Jacques Villeneuve
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Hungaroring 2 · 5 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Autódromo do Estoril 1 · 4 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Suzuka Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Hockenheimring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 3 · P3
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P7 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Team history
Damon Hill
WIL
JOR
Brabham 1992Williams 1993–1996Arrows 1997Jordan 1998–1999
Jacques Villeneuve
WIL
BAR
Williams 1996–1998BAR 1999–2003Renault 2004Sauber 2005BMW Sauber 2006
19922006
Damon Hill → Jacques Villeneuve → 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).