As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Karun Chandhok · Heikki Kovalainen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
5
—
6
11 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
11
11 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P22
Best championship
P7
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 2
2010
P20
2011
P22
Teammate battle by season
0
1
2011
Career totals
Karun Chandhok
Heikki Kovalainen
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
0
1
Podiums
0
4
Fastest laps
0
2
Career points
0
105
Starts
11
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Karun Chandhok
Heikki Kovalainen
Win rate
0%
0.9%
Podium rate
0%
3.6%
Pole rate
0%
0.9%
Points / start
0.0
0.9
Avg grid
P23.0
P13.7
Avg finish
P18.2
P13.3
Finish rate
81.8%
82.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Karun Chandhok
Heikki Kovalainen
Overtakes
58
1,028
Overtakes / race
5.3
9.4
Places lost
30
952
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
Karun Chandhok
Heikki Kovalainen
Mechanical retirements
1
10
Crash retirements
1
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: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2010
Debut season
2007
—
First win
2008 · aged 26
—
First pole
2008
—
First title
—
P14
Best finish
P1
+4.8
Avg places gained
+0.5
Season points trajectory
Karun Chandhok
Heikki Kovalainen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Karun Chandhok | Heikki Kovalainen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P15 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| CHA 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 1 · P3 KOV | ||
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 0 · P14 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| CHA 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P5 KOV | ||
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P17 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| CHA 0 · 0 · P17 0 · 0 · P5 KOV | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P14 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| CHA 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P8 KOV | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| CHA 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7 KOV | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P19 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| CHA 0 · 0 · P19 0 · 0 · P5 KOV | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P18 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| CHA 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 0 · P4 KOV | ||
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| CHA 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5 KOV | ||
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P20 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| CHA 0 · 0 · P20 0 · 0 · P6 KOV | ||
| Valencia Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P18 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| CHA 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 0 · P4 KOV | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P20 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| CHA 0 · 0 · P20 0 · 0 · P8 KOV | ||
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).