Jack Brabham
Australian · 1955–1970
VS

Jacques Villeneuve
Canadian · 1996–2006
Championship record
3
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jack Brabham Jacques Villeneuve
Championships
3
1
Wins
14
11
Poles
13
13
Podiums
31
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
261
235
Starts
128
165
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jack Brabham Jacques Villeneuve
Win rate
10.9%
6.7%
Podium rate
24.2%
13.9%
Pole rate
10.2%
7.9%
Points / start
2.0
1.4
Avg grid
P7.4
P9.1
Avg finish
P9.2
P10.3
Finish rate
58.6%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jack Brabham Jacques Villeneuve
Overtakes
0
1,120
Overtakes / race
0.0
7.0
Places lost
0
870
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
Jack Brabham Jacques Villeneuve
Mechanical retirements
44
38
Crash retirements
8
17
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
1955
Debut season
1996
1959 · aged 33
First win
1996 · aged 25
1959
First pole
1996
1959 · aged 33
First title
1997 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.8
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
1955 1962 1969 1976 1983 1990 1997 2004
Jack Brabham Jacques Villeneuve
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jack Brabham Jacques Villeneuve
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P13 1 · 1 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 3 · P3
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Team history
Jack Brabham
Cooper 1955Maserati 1956Cooper 1957–1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1961Lotus-Climax 1962Brabham 1962Lotus-Climax 1963Brabham 1963Brabham-Climax 1964–1965Brabham-Repco 1966–1968Brabham-Ford 1969Brabham 1970
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams 1996–1998BAR 1999–2003Renault 2004Sauber 2005BMW Sauber 2006
19552006
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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).