Jacques Villeneuve
Canadian · 1996–2006
VS

Niki Lauda
Austrian · 1971–1985
Championship record
1
World titles
3
1
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jacques Villeneuve Niki Lauda
Championships
1
3
Wins
11
25
Poles
13
24
Podiums
23
54
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
235
420.5
Starts
165
173
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jacques Villeneuve Niki Lauda
Win rate
6.7%
14.5%
Podium rate
13.9%
31.2%
Pole rate
7.9%
13.9%
Points / start
1.4
2.4
Avg grid
P9.1
P8.4
Avg finish
P10.3
P10.8
Finish rate
66.7%
56.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jacques Villeneuve Niki Lauda
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 Niki Lauda
Mechanical retirements
38
54
Crash retirements
17
19
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
1971
1996 · aged 25
First win
1974 · aged 25
1996
First pole
1974
1997 · aged 26
First title
1975 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.1
Avg places gained
-2.3
Season points trajectory
1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Jacques Villeneuve Niki Lauda
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jacques Villeneuve Niki Lauda
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 4 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 2 · 4 · P1
Red Bull Ring 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 3 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo do Estoril 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Jacques Villeneuve
BAR
Williams 1996–1998BAR 1999–2003Renault 2004Sauber 2005BMW Sauber 2006
Niki Lauda
March-Ford 1971March 1972BRM 1973Ferrari 1974–1977Brabham 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979McLaren 1982–1985
19712006
Jacques Villeneuve → Niki Lauda → 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).