As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Franck Montagny · Takuma Sato
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.226s
Takuma Sato faster by the median gap over 7 sessions
2006
+0.226s
7
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
2
—
5
7 shared
Qualifying H2H
1
—
6
7 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P27
Best championship
P8
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 1
2006
P23
Teammate battle by season
2
5
2006
Career totals
Franck Montagny
Takuma Sato
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
44
Starts
7
91
Rate-adjusted · per start
Franck Montagny
Takuma Sato
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0%
1.1%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.0
0.5
Avg grid
P20.3
P14.5
Avg finish
P18.7
P13.5
Finish rate
42.9%
69.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Franck Montagny
Takuma Sato
Overtakes
18
686
Overtakes / race
3.0
7.8
Places lost
9
543
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
Franck Montagny
Takuma Sato
Mechanical retirements
3
16
Crash retirements
1
9
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
2006
Debut season
2002
—
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P16
Best finish
P3
+1.6
Avg places gained
+1.1
Season points trajectory
Franck Montagny
Takuma Sato
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Franck Montagny | Takuma Sato |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| FMO 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3 SAT | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| FMO 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6 SAT | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| FMO 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5 SAT | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P18 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| FMO 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 0 · P11 SAT | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| FMO 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P12 SAT | ||
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P16 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| FMO 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P11 SAT | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P16 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| FMO 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P17 SAT | ||
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).