Esteban Ocon
French · 2016–2026
VS

Nico Hülkenberg
German · 2010–2026
Race H2H
69 — 65
134 shared
Qualifying H2H
53 — 80
133 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P8
Best championship
P7
Finished ahead in the standings: 5 · 4
2024 P11 2025 P11 2016 P9 2017 P8 2018 P7 2020 P12 2022 P8 2023 P12 2026 P17
Career totals
Esteban Ocon Nico Hülkenberg
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
0
1
Podiums
4
1
Fastest laps
1
2
Career points
477
614
Starts
190
264
Rate-adjusted · per start
Esteban Ocon Nico Hülkenberg
Win rate
0.5%
0%
Podium rate
2.1%
0.4%
Pole rate
0%
0.4%
Points / start
2.5
2.3
Avg grid
P12.2
P11.2
Avg finish
P11.5
P12.1
Finish rate
87.4%
84.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Esteban Ocon Nico Hülkenberg
Overtakes
1,629
2,326
Overtakes / race
8.9
9.4
Places lost
1,498
2,304
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
Esteban Ocon Nico Hülkenberg
Mechanical retirements
10
16
Crash retirements
5
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: 9 · 8
Milestones & racecraft
2016
Debut season
2010
2021 · aged 24
First win
—
—
First pole
2010
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P3
+0.8
Avg places gained
-1.0
Season points trajectory
2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026
Esteban Ocon Nico Hülkenberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Esteban Ocon Nico Hülkenberg
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Hungaroring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P3
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P5
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P6
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P6
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P5
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P5
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P6
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P9
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P6
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P6
Baku City Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P9
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P8
Miami International Autodrome 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P11
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P10
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P11
Losail International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P16
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P11
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P5
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P8
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P17
Team history
Esteban Ocon
ALP
Manor Marussia 2016Force India 2017–2018Renault 2020Alpine F1 Team 2021–2024Haas F1 Team 2025–2026
Nico Hülkenberg
FOR
REN
Williams 2010Force India 2012Sauber 2013Force India 2014–2016Renault 2017–2019Racing Point 2020Aston Martin 2022Haas F1 Team 2023–2024Sauber 2025Audi 2026
20102026
Esteban Ocon → Nico Hülkenberg → 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).