Jacques Villeneuve
Canadian · 1996–2006
VS

Nino Farina
Italian · 1950–1955
Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jacques Villeneuve Nino Farina
Championships
1
1
Wins
11
5
Poles
13
5
Podiums
23
18
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
235
122.33
Starts
165
34
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jacques Villeneuve Nino Farina
Win rate
6.7%
14.7%
Podium rate
13.9%
52.9%
Pole rate
7.9%
14.7%
Points / start
1.4
3.6
Avg grid
P9.1
P3.1
Avg finish
P10.3
P5.9
Finish rate
66.7%
76.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jacques Villeneuve Nino Farina
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 Nino Farina
Mechanical retirements
38
6
Crash retirements
17
2
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1996
Debut season
1950
1996 · aged 25
First win
1950 · aged 43
1996
First pole
1950
1997 · aged 26
First title
1950 · aged 43
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.1
Avg places gained
-2.8
Season points trajectory
1950 1957 1964 1971 1978 1985 1992 1999 2006
Jacques Villeneuve Nino Farina
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jacques Villeneuve Nino Farina
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 3 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams 1996–1998BAR 1999–2003Renault 2004Sauber 2005BMW Sauber 2006
Nino Farina
Alfa Romeo 1950–1951Ferrari 1952–1955
19502006
Jacques Villeneuve → Nino Farina → 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).