Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
3
2
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jacques Villeneuve
Nigel Mansell
Championships
1
1
Wins
11
31
Poles
13
32
Podiums
23
59
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
235
482
Starts
165
190
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jacques Villeneuve
Nigel Mansell
Win rate
6.7%
16.3%
Podium rate
13.9%
31.1%
Pole rate
7.9%
16.8%
Points / start
1.4
2.5
Avg grid
P9.1
P6.4
Avg finish
P10.3
P11.1
Finish rate
66.7%
54.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jacques Villeneuve
Nigel Mansell
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
Nigel Mansell
Mechanical retirements
38
54
Crash retirements
17
25
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 · 7
Milestones & racecraft
1996
Debut season
1980
1996 · aged 25
First win
1985 · aged 32
1996
First pole
1984
1997 · aged 26
First title
1992 · aged 39
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.1
Avg places gained
-4.5
Season points trajectory
Jacques Villeneuve
Nigel Mansell
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jacques Villeneuve | Nigel Mansell |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P3 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuito de Jerez | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
Team history
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).