Denny Hulme
New Zealander · 1965–1974
VS

Jacques Villeneuve
Canadian · 1996–2006
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Denny Hulme Jacques Villeneuve
Championships
1
1
Wins
8
11
Poles
1
13
Podiums
33
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
248
235
Starts
112
165
Rate-adjusted · per start
Denny Hulme Jacques Villeneuve
Win rate
7.1%
6.7%
Podium rate
29.5%
13.9%
Pole rate
0.9%
7.9%
Points / start
2.2
1.4
Avg grid
P7.3
P9.1
Avg finish
P8.2
P10.3
Finish rate
69.6%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Denny Hulme Jacques Villeneuve
Overtakes
0
1,120
Overtakes / race
0.0
7.0
Places lost
0
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
Denny Hulme Jacques Villeneuve
Mechanical retirements
29
38
Crash retirements
5
17
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1965
Debut season
1996
1967 · aged 30
First win
1996 · aged 25
1973
First pole
1996
1967 · aged 31
First title
1997 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.0
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
1965 1971 1977 1983 1989 1995 2001
Denny Hulme Jacques Villeneuve
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Denny Hulme Jacques Villeneuve
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Nürburgring 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Red Bull Ring 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Hockenheimring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 3 · P3
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Team history
Denny Hulme
Brabham-Climax 1965–1966Brabham-Repco 1966–1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968McLaren-BRM 1968McLaren-Ford 1969–1970McLaren 1971–1974
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams 1996–1998BAR 1999–2003Renault 2004Sauber 2005BMW Sauber 2006
19652006
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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).