Damon Hill

British · 1992–1999
VS

Juan Fangio

Argentine · 1950–1958
Championship record
1
World titles
5
2
Runner-up
2
4
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Damon Hill Juan Fangio
Championships
1
5
Wins
22
22
Poles
20
28
Podiums
42
31
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
360
260.64
Starts
116
51
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill Juan Fangio
Win rate
19%
43.1%
Podium rate
36.2%
60.8%
Pole rate
17.2%
54.9%
Points / start
3.1
5.1
Avg grid
P6.1
P2.0
Avg finish
P8.9
P4.8
Finish rate
68.1%
76.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill Juan Fangio
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 Juan Fangio
Mechanical retirements
18
12
Crash retirements
18
0
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
1950
1993 · aged 32
First win
1950 · aged 38
1993
First pole
1950
1996 · aged 36
First title
1951 · aged 40
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-2.8
Season points trajectory
1950 1957 1964 1971 1978 1985 1992 1999
Damon Hill Juan Fangio
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Damon Hill Juan Fangio
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 3 · 4 · P1 3 · 3 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 3 · 4 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 2 · 2 · P1 3 · 3 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P4 3 · 5 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 2 · P1
Team history
Damon Hill
Brabham 1992Williams 1993–1996Arrows 1997Jordan 1998–1999
Juan Fangio
Alfa Romeo 1950–1951Maserati 1953Mercedes 1954Maserati 1954Mercedes 1955Ferrari 1956Maserati 1957–1958
19501999
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).