As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Kevin Magnussen · Jolyon Palmer
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
22
—
15
37 shared
Qualifying H2H
20
—
17
37 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P9
Best championship
P17
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 0
2016
P16
2017
P14
Teammate battle by season
12
9
2016
Career totals
Kevin Magnussen
Jolyon Palmer
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
1
0
Fastest laps
3
0
Career points
196
9
Starts
186
37
Rate-adjusted · per start
Kevin Magnussen
Jolyon Palmer
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0.5%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.1
0.2
Avg grid
P13.4
P16.3
Avg finish
P13.6
P15.3
Finish rate
84.9%
73%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Kevin Magnussen
Jolyon Palmer
Overtakes
1,672
303
Overtakes / race
9.2
8.9
Places lost
1,722
287
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
Kevin Magnussen
Jolyon Palmer
Mechanical retirements
13
5
Crash retirements
9
4
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: 6 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2014
Debut season
2016
—
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P6
-0.1
Avg places gained
+1.1
Season points trajectory
Kevin Magnussen
Jolyon Palmer
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Kevin Magnussen | Jolyon Palmer |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| MAG 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P11 PAL | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P11 PAL | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · — |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · — PAL | ||
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P13 PAL | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P13 PAL | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P13 PAL | ||
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P12 PAL | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · — |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · — PAL | ||
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P12 PAL | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P11 PAL | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P11 PAL | ||
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P6 PAL | ||
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P17 PAL | ||
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P13 PAL | ||
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P13 PAL | ||
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · P15 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P15 PAL | ||
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · P14 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P14 PAL | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · — |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · — PAL | ||
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P13 PAL | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P19 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P19 PAL | ||
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| MAG 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P10 PAL | ||
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).