As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Johnny Herbert · Norberto Fontana
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
2
—
2
4 shared
Qualifying H2H
4
—
0
4 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P4
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
2
2
1997
Career totals
Johnny Herbert
Norberto Fontana
Championships
0
0
Wins
3
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
7
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
98
0
Starts
162
4
Rate-adjusted · per start
Johnny Herbert
Norberto Fontana
Win rate
1.9%
0%
Podium rate
4.3%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.6
0.0
Avg grid
P13.1
P17.5
Avg finish
P12.6
P12.0
Finish rate
56.8%
75%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Johnny Herbert
Norberto Fontana
Overtakes
568
49
Overtakes / race
7.4
12.3
Places lost
407
23
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
Johnny Herbert
Norberto Fontana
Mechanical retirements
40
0
Crash retirements
30
1
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1989
Debut season
1997
1995 · aged 31
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P9
+0.5
Avg places gained
+5.5
Season points trajectory
Johnny Herbert
Norberto Fontana
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Johnny Herbert | Norberto Fontana |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Johnny Herbert 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P9 Norberto Fontana | ||
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Johnny Herbert 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · — Norberto Fontana | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Johnny Herbert 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P9 Norberto Fontana | ||
| Circuito de Jerez | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P14 |
| Johnny Herbert 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P14 Norberto Fontana | ||
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).