As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Heikki Kovalainen · Karun Chandhok
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
6
—
5
11 shared
Qualifying H2H
11
—
0
11 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P7
Best championship
P22
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 0
2010
P20
2011
P22
Teammate battle by season
1
0
2011
Career totals
Heikki Kovalainen
Karun Chandhok
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
1
0
Podiums
4
0
Fastest laps
2
0
Career points
105
0
Starts
112
11
Rate-adjusted · per start
Heikki Kovalainen
Karun Chandhok
Win rate
0.9%
0%
Podium rate
3.6%
0%
Pole rate
0.9%
0%
Points / start
0.9
0.0
Avg grid
P13.7
P23.0
Avg finish
P13.3
P18.2
Finish rate
82.1%
81.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Heikki Kovalainen
Karun Chandhok
Overtakes
1,028
58
Overtakes / race
9.4
5.3
Places lost
952
30
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
Heikki Kovalainen
Karun Chandhok
Mechanical retirements
10
1
Crash retirements
9
1
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
2007
Debut season
2010
2008 · aged 26
First win
—
2008
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P14
+0.5
Avg places gained
+4.8
Season points trajectory
Heikki Kovalainen
Karun Chandhok
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Heikki Kovalainen | Karun Chandhok |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P15 |
| KOV 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P15 CHA | ||
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P14 |
| KOV 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P14 CHA | ||
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| KOV 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P17 CHA | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P14 |
| KOV 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P14 CHA | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · — |
| KOV 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · — CHA | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P19 |
| KOV 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P19 CHA | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P18 |
| KOV 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P18 CHA | ||
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · — |
| KOV 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · — CHA | ||
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P20 |
| KOV 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P20 CHA | ||
| Valencia Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P18 |
| KOV 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P18 CHA | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P20 |
| KOV 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P20 CHA | ||
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).