As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jolyon Palmer · Kevin Magnussen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.046s
Kevin Magnussen faster by the median gap over 19 sessions
2016
+0.046s
19
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
15
—
22
37 shared
Qualifying H2H
17
—
20
37 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P17
Best championship
P9
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 2
2016
P16
2017
P14
Teammate battle by season
9
12
2016
Career totals
Jolyon Palmer
Kevin Magnussen
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
1
Fastest laps
0
3
Career points
9
196
Starts
37
186
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jolyon Palmer
Kevin Magnussen
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0%
0.5%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.2
1.1
Avg grid
P16.3
P13.4
Avg finish
P15.3
P13.6
Finish rate
73%
84.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jolyon Palmer
Kevin Magnussen
Overtakes
303
1,795
Overtakes / race
8.9
9.8
Places lost
287
1,535
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
Jolyon Palmer
Kevin Magnussen
Mechanical retirements
5
13
Crash retirements
4
9
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 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
2016
Debut season
2014
—
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P6
Best finish
P2
+1.1
Avg places gained
-0.1
Season points trajectory
Jolyon Palmer
Kevin Magnussen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jolyon Palmer | Kevin Magnussen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P2 MAG | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P5 MAG | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7 MAG | ||
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P5 MAG | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P6 MAG | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P8 MAG | ||
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P7 MAG | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P10 MAG | ||
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P8 MAG | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P9 MAG | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P10 MAG | ||
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P10 MAG | ||
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 0 · P17 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P17 0 · 0 · P10 MAG | ||
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P8 MAG | ||
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P8 MAG | ||
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 0 · P15 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P7 MAG | ||
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P14 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P7 MAG | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P9 MAG | ||
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P5 MAG | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P19 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P19 0 · 0 · P8 MAG | ||
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P9 MAG | ||
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).