Heinz-Harald Frentzen
German · 1994–2003
VS

Nick Heidfeld
German · 2000–2011
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
5
12
Qualifyingahead
7
10
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Nick Heidfeld
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.208s
Nick Heidfeld faster by the median gap over 15 sessions
2003 +0.208s 15
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
20 — 39
59 shared
Qualifying H2H
32 — 27
59 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P5
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 2
2001 P8 2002 P10 2003 P11
Teammate battle by season
0
1
2002
5
11
2003
Career totals
Heinz-Harald Frentzen Nick Heidfeld
Championships
0
0
Wins
3
0
Poles
2
1
Podiums
18
13
Fastest laps
0
2
Career points
174
259
Starts
158
184
Rate-adjusted · per start
Heinz-Harald Frentzen Nick Heidfeld
Win rate
1.9%
0%
Podium rate
11.4%
7.1%
Pole rate
1.3%
0.5%
Points / start
1.1
1.4
Avg grid
P8.9
P11.3
Avg finish
P11.0
P10.7
Finish rate
62.7%
75.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Heinz-Harald Frentzen Nick Heidfeld
Overtakes
840
1,581
Overtakes / race
7.1
8.9
Places lost
578
1,290
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
Heinz-Harald Frentzen Nick Heidfeld
Mechanical retirements
38
28
Crash retirements
21
16
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1994
Debut season
2000
1997 · aged 29
First win
—
1997
First pole
2005
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P2
-2.0
Avg places gained
+0.6
Season points trajectory
1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009
Heinz-Harald Frentzen Nick Heidfeld
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Heinz-Harald Frentzen Nick Heidfeld
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P3
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P2
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Hockenheimring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P9
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
SAU
JOR
Sauber 1994–1996Williams 1997–1998Jordan 1999–2001Prost 2001Sauber 2002Arrows 2002Sauber 2003
Nick Heidfeld
SAU
BMW
Prost 2000Sauber 2001–2003Jordan 2004Williams 2005BMW Sauber 2006–2009Sauber 2010Renault 2011
19942011
Heinz-Harald Frentzen → Nick Heidfeld → 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).