Mika Häkkinen
Finnish · 1991–2001
VS

Nigel Mansell
British · 1980–1995
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
2
0
Qualifyingahead
2
0
Mika Häkkinen · Nigel Mansell
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
11 — 25
36 shared
Qualifying H2H
2 — 34
36 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
3
3
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 2
1991 P2 1992 P1 1994 P4
Teammate battle by season
2
0
1995
Career totals
Mika Häkkinen Nigel Mansell
Championships
2
1
Wins
20
31
Poles
26
32
Podiums
51
59
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
420
482
Starts
163
190
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mika Häkkinen Nigel Mansell
Win rate
12.3%
16.3%
Podium rate
31.3%
31.1%
Pole rate
16%
16.8%
Points / start
2.6
2.5
Avg grid
P7.2
P6.4
Avg finish
P9.7
P11.1
Finish rate
65%
54.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Mika Häkkinen Nigel Mansell
Overtakes
408
0
Overtakes / race
4.3
0.0
Places lost
379
0
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
Mika Häkkinen Nigel Mansell
Mechanical retirements
42
54
Crash retirements
14
25
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 · 7
Milestones & racecraft
1991
Debut season
1980
1997 · aged 29
First win
1985 · aged 32
1997
First pole
1984
1998 · aged 30
First title
1992 · aged 39
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.5
Avg places gained
-4.5
Season points trajectory
1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001
Mika Häkkinen Nigel Mansell
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Mika Häkkinen Nigel Mansell
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 3 · 3 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 5 · P1 3 · 5 · P1
Hockenheimring 1 · 3 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Hungaroring 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 1 · P3 3 · 3 · P1
Red Bull Ring 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 4 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 2 · 6 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Circuito de Jerez 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 3 · P2 2 · 2 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P6 2 · 4 · P1
Kyalami 0 · 0 · P9 2 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 4 · P2 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 1 · 3 · P1
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Phoenix street circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Mika Häkkinen
MCL
Team Lotus 1991–1992McLaren 1993–2001
Nigel Mansell
TEA
WIL
Team Lotus 1980–1984Williams 1985–1988Ferrari 1989–1990Williams 1991–1992Williams 1994McLaren 1995
19802001
Mika Häkkinen → Nigel Mansell → 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).