Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jacques Villeneuve
Jochen Rindt
Championships
1
1
Wins
11
6
Poles
13
10
Podiums
23
13
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
235
109
Starts
165
61
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jacques Villeneuve
Jochen Rindt
Win rate
6.7%
9.8%
Podium rate
13.9%
21.3%
Pole rate
7.9%
16.4%
Points / start
1.4
1.8
Avg grid
P9.1
P6.5
Avg finish
P10.3
P9.9
Finish rate
66.7%
42.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jacques Villeneuve
Jochen Rindt
Overtakes
1,120
0
Overtakes / race
7.0
0.0
Places lost
870
0
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
Jacques Villeneuve
Jochen Rindt
Mechanical retirements
38
30
Crash retirements
17
4
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
1996
Debut season
1964
1996 · aged 25
First win
1969 · aged 27
1996
First pole
1968
1997 · aged 26
First title
1970 · aged 28
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.1
Avg places gained
-3.2
Season points trajectory
Jacques Villeneuve
Jochen Rindt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jacques Villeneuve | Jochen Rindt |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
Team history
Jacques Villeneuve
Jochen Rindt
Brabham-BRM 1964Cooper-Climax 1965Cooper-Maserati 1966–1967Brabham-Repco 1968Lotus-Ford 1969Team Lotus 1970
19642006
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).