Jacques Villeneuve
Canadian · 1996–2006
VS

Mike Hawthorn
British · 1952–1958
Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jacques Villeneuve Mike Hawthorn
Championships
1
1
Wins
11
3
Poles
13
4
Podiums
23
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
235
124.64
Starts
165
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jacques Villeneuve Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
6.7%
6.5%
Podium rate
13.9%
37%
Pole rate
7.9%
8.7%
Points / start
1.4
2.7
Avg grid
P9.1
P5.8
Avg finish
P10.3
P7.1
Finish rate
66.7%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jacques Villeneuve Mike Hawthorn
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 Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
38
10
Crash retirements
17
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: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1996
Debut season
1952
1996 · aged 25
First win
1953 · aged 24
1996
First pole
1958
1997 · aged 26
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.1
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1952 1959 1966 1973 1980 1987 1994 2001
Jacques Villeneuve Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jacques Villeneuve Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P3
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams 1996–1998BAR 1999–2003Renault 2004Sauber 2005BMW Sauber 2006
Mike Hawthorn
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19522006
Jacques Villeneuve → Mike Hawthorn → 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).