Damon Hill

British · 1992–1999
VS

Pedro Diniz

Brazilian · 1995–2000
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
10
7
Qualifyingahead
14
3
Damon Hill · Pedro Diniz
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.824s
Damon Hill faster by the median gap over 10 sessions
1997 −0.824s 10
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
57 25
82 shared
Qualifying H2H
75 7
82 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
2
Runner-up
0
4
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P14
Finished ahead in the standings: 4 · 0
1996 P1 1997 P12 1998 P6 1999 P12
Teammate battle by season
10
7
1997
Career totals
Damon Hill Pedro Diniz
Championships
1
0
Wins
22
0
Poles
20
0
Podiums
42
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
360
10
Starts
116
99
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill Pedro Diniz
Win rate
19%
0%
Podium rate
36.2%
0%
Pole rate
17.2%
0%
Points / start
3.1
0.1
Avg grid
P6.1
P17.2
Avg finish
P8.9
P14.6
Finish rate
68.1%
40.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill Pedro Diniz
Overtakes
342
526
Overtakes / race
5.6
6.9
Places lost
287
295
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 Pedro Diniz
Mechanical retirements
18
32
Crash retirements
18
25
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 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1992
Debut season
1995
1993 · aged 32
First win
1993
First pole
1996 · aged 36
First title
P1
Best finish
P5
-2.8
Avg places gained
+2.7
Season points trajectory
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Damon Hill Pedro Diniz
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Damon Hill Pedro Diniz
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Hungaroring 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P11
Suzuka Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P11
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P11
Autódromo do Estoril 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P16
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P8
Adelaide Street Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Hockenheimring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P10
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Okayama International Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P17
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P5
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P6
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Damon Hill
WIL
JOR
Brabham 1992Williams 1993–1996Arrows 1997Jordan 1998–1999
Pedro Diniz
ARR
SAU
Forti 1995Ligier 1996Arrows 1997–1998Sauber 1999–2000
19922000
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).