As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
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
625
Starts
37
271
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%
84.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jolyon Palmer
Nico Hülkenberg
Overtakes
303
2,626
Overtakes / race
8.9
10.2
Places lost
287
2,057
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
-0.9
Season points trajectory
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 | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3 HUL | ||
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P6 HUL | ||
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P6 HUL | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P5 HUL | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P5 HUL | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P5 HUL | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P4 HUL | ||
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P6 HUL | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5 HUL | ||
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P8 HUL | ||
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P5 HUL | ||
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P6 HUL | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5 HUL | ||
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 0 · P17 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P17 0 · 0 · P6 HUL | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P6 HUL | ||
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P6 HUL | ||
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 0 · P15 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P9 HUL | ||
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P5 HUL | ||
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P14 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P6 HUL | ||
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P8 HUL | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P19 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| PAL 0 · 0 · P19 0 · 0 · P5 HUL | ||
Team history
Jolyon Palmer
Renault 2016–2017
Nico Hülkenberg
Williams 2010Force India 2012Sauber 2013Force India 2014–2016Renault 2017–2019Racing Point 2020Aston Martin 2022Haas F1 Team 2023–2024Sauber 2025Audi 2026
20102026
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).