Emerson Fittipaldi
Brazilian · 1970–1980
VS

Jacques Villeneuve
Canadian · 1996–2006
Championship record
2
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Emerson Fittipaldi Jacques Villeneuve
Championships
2
1
Wins
14
11
Poles
6
13
Podiums
35
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
281
235
Starts
146
165
Rate-adjusted · per start
Emerson Fittipaldi Jacques Villeneuve
Win rate
9.6%
6.7%
Podium rate
24%
13.9%
Pole rate
4.1%
7.9%
Points / start
1.9
1.4
Avg grid
P11.9
P9.1
Avg finish
P10.8
P10.3
Finish rate
66.4%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Emerson Fittipaldi 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
Emerson Fittipaldi Jacques Villeneuve
Mechanical retirements
39
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. Retirements with an unclear cause: 5 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1970
Debut season
1996
1970 · aged 23
First win
1996 · aged 25
1972
First pole
1996
1972 · aged 25
First title
1997 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
+1.2
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Emerson Fittipaldi Jacques Villeneuve
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Emerson Fittipaldi Jacques Villeneuve
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Red Bull Ring 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P6 2 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 3 · P3
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Emerson Fittipaldi
FIT
Team Lotus 1970Lotus-Ford 1971Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 1971Team Lotus 1972–1973McLaren 1974–1975Fittipaldi 1976–1980
Jacques Villeneuve
BAR
Williams 1996–1998BAR 1999–2003Renault 2004Sauber 2005BMW Sauber 2006
19702006
Emerson Fittipaldi → Jacques Villeneuve → 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).