As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Esteban Tuero · Shinji Nakano
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.069s
Shinji Nakano faster by the median gap over 7 sessions
1998
+0.069s
7
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
5
—
11
16 shared
Qualifying H2H
5
—
11
16 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
—
Best championship
P18
Teammate battle by season
5
11
1998
Career totals
Esteban Tuero
Shinji Nakano
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
2
Starts
16
33
Rate-adjusted · per start
Esteban Tuero
Shinji Nakano
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.0
0.1
Avg grid
P20.2
P18.1
Avg finish
P15.4
P13.6
Finish rate
25%
54.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Esteban Tuero
Shinji Nakano
Overtakes
102
257
Overtakes / race
6.8
7.8
Places lost
40
95
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 Tuero
Shinji Nakano
Mechanical retirements
7
11
Crash retirements
5
4
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1998
Debut season
1997
—
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P8
Best finish
P6
+4.8
Avg places gained
+4.5
Season points trajectory
Esteban Tuero
Shinji Nakano
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Esteban Tuero | Shinji Nakano |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P15 | 0 · 0 · P14 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P14 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P15 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P16 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P17 |
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).