Damon Hill

British · 1992–1999
VS

Jody Scheckter

South African · 1972–1980
Championship record
1
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Damon Hill Jody Scheckter
Championships
1
1
Wins
22
10
Poles
20
3
Podiums
42
33
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
360
255
Starts
116
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill Jody Scheckter
Win rate
19%
8.9%
Podium rate
36.2%
29.5%
Pole rate
17.2%
2.7%
Points / start
3.1
2.3
Avg grid
P6.1
P8.0
Avg finish
P8.9
P9.1
Finish rate
68.1%
68.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill Jody Scheckter
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 Jody Scheckter
Mechanical retirements
18
21
Crash retirements
18
13
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
1972
1993 · aged 32
First win
1974 · aged 24
1993
First pole
1976
1996 · aged 36
First title
1979 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996
Damon Hill Jody Scheckter
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Damon Hill Jody Scheckter
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 5 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P8
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Hockenheimring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Kyalami 0 · 0 · — 1 · 3 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Damon Hill
WIL
Brabham 1992Williams 1993–1996Arrows 1997Jordan 1998–1999
Jody Scheckter
McLaren 1972–1973Tyrrell 1974–1976Wolf 1977–1978Ferrari 1979–1980
19721999
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).