Eddie Irvine
British · 1993–2002
VS

Johnny Herbert
British · 1989–2000
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
10
6
Qualifyingahead
13
3
Eddie Irvine · Johnny Herbert
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.883s
Eddie Irvine faster by the median gap over 4 sessions
2000 −0.883s 4
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
65 — 48
113 shared
Qualifying H2H
90 — 23
113 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
1
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 4 · 2
1993 P9 1995 P4 1996 P10 1997 P7 1998 P4 1999 P2
Teammate battle by season
10
6
2000
Career totals
Eddie Irvine Johnny Herbert
Championships
0
0
Wins
4
3
Poles
0
0
Podiums
26
7
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
191
98
Starts
147
162
Rate-adjusted · per start
Eddie Irvine Johnny Herbert
Win rate
2.7%
1.9%
Podium rate
17.7%
4.3%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.3
0.6
Avg grid
P9.3
P13.1
Avg finish
P11.0
P12.6
Finish rate
57.8%
56.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Eddie Irvine Johnny Herbert
Overtakes
723
568
Overtakes / race
6.6
7.4
Places lost
550
407
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
Eddie Irvine Johnny Herbert
Mechanical retirements
37
40
Crash retirements
25
30
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1993
Debut season
1989
1999 · aged 33
First win
1995 · aged 31
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.7
Avg places gained
+0.5
Season points trajectory
1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001
Eddie Irvine Johnny Herbert
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Eddie Irvine Johnny Herbert
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Hockenheimring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 1 · P1
Red Bull Ring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Sepang International Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 3 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Hungaroring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P7
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P11
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P11
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P8
Okayama International Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P6
Team history
Eddie Irvine
JOR
FER
JAG
Jordan 1993–1995Ferrari 1996–1999Jaguar 2000–2002
Johnny Herbert
TEA
BEN
SAU
Tyrrell 1989Benetton 1989Team Lotus 1990–1994Ligier 1994Benetton 1994–1995Sauber 1996–1998Stewart 1999Jaguar 2000
19892002
Eddie Irvine → Johnny Herbert → 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).