Jacques Villeneuve

Canadian · 1996–2006
VS

Nigel Mansell

British · 1980–1995
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
1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004
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
Jacques Villeneuve
BAR
Williams 1996–1998BAR 1999–2003Renault 2004Sauber 2005BMW Sauber 2006
Nigel Mansell
TEA
WIL
Team Lotus 1980–1984Williams 1985–1988Ferrari 1989–1990Williams 1991–1992Williams 1994McLaren 1995
19802006
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).