Jolyon Palmer
British · 2016–2017
VS

Nico Hülkenberg
German · 2010–2026
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
6
10
Qualifyingahead
1
15
Jolyon Palmer · Nico Hülkenberg
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.830s
Nico Hülkenberg faster by the median gap over 15 sessions
2017 +0.830s 15
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
11 — 26
37 shared
Qualifying H2H
1 — 36
37 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P17
Best championship
P7
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 2
2016 P9 2017 P10
Teammate battle by season
6
10
2017
Career totals
Jolyon Palmer Nico Hülkenberg
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
1
Podiums
0
1
Fastest laps
0
2
Career points
9
614
Starts
37
264
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jolyon Palmer Nico Hülkenberg
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0%
0.4%
Pole rate
0%
0.4%
Points / start
0.2
2.3
Avg grid
P16.3
P11.2
Avg finish
P15.3
P12.1
Finish rate
73%
84.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jolyon Palmer Nico Hülkenberg
Overtakes
303
2,326
Overtakes / race
8.9
9.4
Places lost
287
2,304
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 Nico Hülkenberg
Mechanical retirements
5
16
Crash retirements
4
18
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 · 8
Milestones & racecraft
2016
Debut season
2010
—
First win
—
—
First pole
2010
—
First title
—
P6
Best finish
P3
+1.1
Avg places gained
-1.0
Season points trajectory
2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026
Jolyon Palmer Nico Hülkenberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jolyon Palmer Nico Hülkenberg
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P6
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P4
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P5
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P6
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P6
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P9
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P17 0 · 0 · P6
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P6
Baku City Circuit 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P9
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P6
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P5
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P8
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P19 0 · 0 · P5
Team history
Jolyon Palmer
Renault 2016–2017
Nico Hülkenberg
FOR
REN
Williams 2010Force India 2012Sauber 2013Force India 2014–2016Renault 2017–2019Racing Point 2020Aston Martin 2022Haas F1 Team 2023–2024Sauber 2025Audi 2026
20102026
Jolyon Palmer → Nico Hülkenberg → 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).