Giancarlo Fisichella
Italian · 1996–2009
VS

Takuma Sato
Japanese · 2002–2008
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
8
9
Qualifyingahead
12
4
Giancarlo Fisichella · Takuma Sato
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
59 — 32
91 shared
Qualifying H2H
66 — 24
90 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P4
Best championship
P8
Finished ahead in the standings: 6 · 1
2002 P11 2003 P12 2004 P8 2005 P5 2006 P4 2007 P8 2008 P19
Teammate battle by season
8
9
2002
Career totals
Giancarlo Fisichella Takuma Sato
Championships
0
0
Wins
3
0
Poles
4
0
Podiums
19
1
Fastest laps
1
0
Career points
275
44
Starts
231
91
Rate-adjusted · per start
Giancarlo Fisichella Takuma Sato
Win rate
1.3%
0%
Podium rate
8.2%
1.1%
Pole rate
1.7%
0%
Points / start
1.2
0.5
Avg grid
P11.4
P14.5
Avg finish
P11.0
P13.5
Finish rate
71%
69.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Giancarlo Fisichella Takuma Sato
Overtakes
1,809
686
Overtakes / race
8.2
7.8
Places lost
1,373
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
Giancarlo Fisichella Takuma Sato
Mechanical retirements
37
16
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1996
Debut season
2002
2003 · aged 30
First win
—
1998
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P3
+0.4
Avg places gained
+1.1
Season points trajectory
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
Giancarlo Fisichella Takuma Sato
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Giancarlo Fisichella Takuma Sato
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Sepang International Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P11
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P17
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P6
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P11
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P6
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P12
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P11
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P16
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P8
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P5
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · —
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P9
Fuji Speedway 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P15
Team history
Giancarlo Fisichella
BEN
JOR
REN
Minardi 1996Jordan 1997Benetton 1998–2001Jordan 2002–2003Sauber 2004Renault 2005–2007Force India 2008Ferrari 2009Force India 2009
Takuma Sato
BAR
SUP
Jordan 2002BAR 2003–2005Super Aguri 2006–2008
19962009
Giancarlo Fisichella → Takuma Sato → 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).