As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Eric van de Poele · Damon Hill
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
0
—
2
2 shared
Qualifying H2H
1
—
0
1 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
2
0
Top-3 finishes
4
—
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1992
Career totals
Eric van de Poele
Damon Hill
Championships
0
1
Wins
0
22
Poles
0
20
Podiums
0
42
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
360
Starts
6
116
Rate-adjusted · per start
Eric van de Poele
Damon Hill
Win rate
0%
19%
Podium rate
0%
36.2%
Pole rate
0%
17.2%
Points / start
0.0
3.1
Avg grid
P21.0
P6.1
Avg finish
P18.3
P8.9
Finish rate
66.7%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Eric van de Poele
Damon Hill
Overtakes
0
342
Overtakes / race
0.0
5.6
Places lost
0
287
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
Eric van de Poele
Damon Hill
Mechanical retirements
1
18
Crash retirements
1
18
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: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1991
Debut season
1992
—
First win
1993 · aged 32
—
First pole
1993
—
First title
1996 · aged 36
P9
Best finish
P1
+5.0
Avg places gained
-2.8
Season points trajectory
Eric van de Poele
Damon Hill
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Eric van de Poele | Damon Hill |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P10 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Eric van de Poele 0 · 0 · P10 3 · 4 · P1 Damon Hill | ||
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Eric van de Poele 0 · 0 · — 2 · 5 · P1 Damon Hill | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Eric van de Poele 0 · 0 · — 2 · 2 · P1 Damon Hill | ||
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P9 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Eric van de Poele 0 · 0 · P9 2 · 2 · P1 Damon Hill | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Eric van de Poele 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1 Damon Hill | ||
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Eric van de Poele 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · — Damon Hill | ||
Team history
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).