Jacques Villeneuve

Canadian · 1996–2006
VS

Lando Norris

British · 2019–2026
Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jacques Villeneuve Lando Norris
Championships
1
1
Wins
11
11
Poles
13
16
Podiums
23
46
Fastest laps
0
20
Career points
235
1,421
Starts
165
162
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jacques Villeneuve Lando Norris
Win rate
6.7%
6.8%
Podium rate
13.9%
28.4%
Pole rate
7.9%
9.9%
Points / start
1.4
8.8
Avg grid
P9.1
P6.5
Avg finish
P10.3
P7.4
Finish rate
66.7%
93.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jacques Villeneuve Lando Norris
Overtakes
1,120
1,156
Overtakes / race
7.0
7.2
Places lost
870
1,096
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 Lando Norris
Mechanical retirements
38
4
Crash retirements
17
3
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1996
Debut season
2019
1996 · aged 25
First win
2024 · aged 24
1996
First pole
2021
1997 · aged 26
First title
2025 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.1
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Jacques Villeneuve Lando Norris
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jacques Villeneuve Lando Norris
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Hungaroring 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Red Bull Ring 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 4 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 3 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 3 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 2 · P2
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 2 · P2
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P3
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P7
Team history
Jacques Villeneuve
BAR
Williams 1996–1998BAR 1999–2003Renault 2004Sauber 2005BMW Sauber 2006
Lando Norris
MCL
McLaren 2019–2026
19962026
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).