Giancarlo Fisichella
Italian · 1996–2009
VS

Heikki Kovalainen
Finnish · 2007–2013
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
5
12
Qualifyingahead
7
10
Giancarlo Fisichella · Heikki Kovalainen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.054s
Heikki Kovalainen faster by the median gap over 17 sessions
2007 +0.054s 17
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
14 — 38
52 shared
Qualifying H2H
8 — 44
52 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P4
Best championship
P7
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 3
2007 P7 2008 P7 2009 P12
Teammate battle by season
5
12
2007
Career totals
Giancarlo Fisichella Heikki Kovalainen
Championships
0
0
Wins
3
1
Poles
4
1
Podiums
19
4
Fastest laps
1
2
Career points
275
105
Starts
231
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Giancarlo Fisichella Heikki Kovalainen
Win rate
1.3%
0.9%
Podium rate
8.2%
3.6%
Pole rate
1.7%
0.9%
Points / start
1.2
0.9
Avg grid
P11.4
P13.7
Avg finish
P11.0
P13.3
Finish rate
71%
82.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Giancarlo Fisichella Heikki Kovalainen
Overtakes
1,809
1,028
Overtakes / race
8.2
9.4
Places lost
1,373
952
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
Giancarlo Fisichella Heikki Kovalainen
Mechanical retirements
37
10
Crash retirements
29
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: 1 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1996
Debut season
2007
2003 · aged 30
First win
2008 · aged 26
1998
First pole
2008
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.4
Avg places gained
+0.5
Season points trajectory
1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011
Giancarlo Fisichella Heikki Kovalainen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Giancarlo Fisichella Heikki Kovalainen
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Sepang International Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P8
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P11
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Fuji Speedway 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P5
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P8
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P4
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P5
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P5
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P6
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P7
Valencia Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P4
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P11
Team history
Giancarlo Fisichella
BEN
REN
Minardi 1996Jordan 1997Benetton 1998–2001Jordan 2002–2003Sauber 2004Renault 2005–2007Force India 2008Ferrari 2009Force India 2009
Heikki Kovalainen
Renault 2007McLaren 2008–2009Lotus 2010–2011Caterham 2012Lotus F1 2013
19962013
Giancarlo Fisichella → Heikki Kovalainen → 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).