Jacques Villeneuve
Canadian · 1996–2006
VS

Nelson Piquet
Brazilian · 1978–1991
Championship record
1
World titles
3
1
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jacques Villeneuve Nelson Piquet
Championships
1
3
Wins
11
23
Poles
13
24
Podiums
23
60
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
235
485.5
Starts
165
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jacques Villeneuve Nelson Piquet
Win rate
6.7%
11.2%
Podium rate
13.9%
29.3%
Pole rate
7.9%
11.7%
Points / start
1.4
2.4
Avg grid
P9.1
P6.7
Avg finish
P10.3
P9.8
Finish rate
66.7%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jacques Villeneuve Nelson Piquet
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 Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
38
51
Crash retirements
17
28
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
1978
1996 · aged 25
First win
1980 · aged 27
1996
First pole
1980
1997 · aged 26
First title
1981 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.1
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006
Jacques Villeneuve Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jacques Villeneuve Nelson Piquet
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Hungaroring 2 · 3 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P2 3 · 5 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 3 · P3 3 · 3 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 3 · 4 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 4 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Red Bull Ring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P11
Autódromo do Estoril 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 2 · P3
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P8
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Jacques Villeneuve
BAR
Williams 1996–1998BAR 1999–2003Renault 2004Sauber 2005BMW Sauber 2006
Nelson Piquet
BRA
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
19782006
Jacques Villeneuve → Nelson Piquet → 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).