Jody Scheckter

South African · 1972–1980
VS

Nico Rosberg

German · 2006–2016
Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
2
4
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jody Scheckter Nico Rosberg
Championships
1
1
Wins
10
23
Poles
3
30
Podiums
33
57
Fastest laps
0
20
Career points
255
1,594.5
Starts
112
206
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jody Scheckter Nico Rosberg
Win rate
8.9%
11.2%
Podium rate
29.5%
27.7%
Pole rate
2.7%
14.6%
Points / start
2.3
7.7
Avg grid
P8.0
P6.9
Avg finish
P9.1
P8.3
Finish rate
68.7%
85.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jody Scheckter Nico Rosberg
Overtakes
0
1,583
Overtakes / race
0.0
7.9
Places lost
0
1,574
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
Jody Scheckter Nico Rosberg
Mechanical retirements
21
15
Crash retirements
13
14
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: 1 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1972
Debut season
2006
1974 · aged 24
First win
2012 · aged 26
1976
First pole
2012
1979 · aged 29
First title
2016 · aged 31
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.2
Avg places gained
-1.3
Season points trajectory
1972 1978 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014
Jody Scheckter Nico Rosberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jody Scheckter Nico Rosberg
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 2 · 5 · P1 3 · 4 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P5 2 · 3 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 2 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 4 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Fuji Speedway 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P11
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P11
Team history
Jody Scheckter
McLaren 1972–1973Tyrrell 1974–1976Wolf 1977–1978Ferrari 1979–1980
Nico Rosberg
MER
Williams 2006–2009Mercedes 2010–2016
19722016
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).