Jolyon Palmer
British · 2016–2017
VS

Kevin Magnussen
Danish · 2014–2024
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
9
12
Qualifyingahead
11
10
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
1,672
Overtakes / race
8.9
9.2
Places lost
287
1,722
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
2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
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
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P5
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P8
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P7
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P10
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P8
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P9
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P10
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P10
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P17 0 · 0 · P10
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P8
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P8
Baku City Circuit 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P9
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P5
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P19 0 · 0 · P8
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P9
Team history
Jolyon Palmer
REN
Renault 2016–2017
Kevin Magnussen
MCL
HAA
HAA
McLaren 2014–2015Renault 2016Haas F1 Team 2017–2020Haas F1 Team 2022–2024
20142024
Jolyon Palmer → Kevin Magnussen → 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).