As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Nick Heidfeld · Jean Alesi
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.090s
Jean Alesi faster by the median gap over 4 sessions
2000
+0.090s
4
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
19
—
14
33 shared
Qualifying H2H
22
—
11
33 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P5
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 0
2001
P8
Teammate battle by season
9
7
2000
Career totals
Nick Heidfeld
Jean Alesi
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
1
2
Podiums
13
32
Fastest laps
2
0
Career points
259
241
Starts
184
202
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nick Heidfeld
Jean Alesi
Win rate
0%
0.5%
Podium rate
7.1%
15.8%
Pole rate
0.5%
1%
Points / start
1.4
1.2
Avg grid
P11.3
P9.0
Avg finish
P10.7
P11.3
Finish rate
75.5%
59.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Nick Heidfeld
Jean Alesi
Overtakes
1,581
719
Overtakes / race
8.9
7.6
Places lost
1,290
523
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
Nick Heidfeld
Jean Alesi
Mechanical retirements
28
52
Crash retirements
16
30
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
2000
Debut season
1989
—
First win
1995 · aged 31
2005
First pole
1994
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P1
+0.6
Avg places gained
-2.2
Season points trajectory
Nick Heidfeld
Jean Alesi
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Nick Heidfeld | Jean Alesi |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| HEI 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 5 · P1 Jean Alesi | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| HEI 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 3 · P2 Jean Alesi | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| HEI 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 3 · P2 Jean Alesi | ||
| Hungaroring | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| HEI 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 1 · P3 Jean Alesi | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| HEI 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 3 · P2 Jean Alesi | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| HEI 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 3 · P2 Jean Alesi | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| HEI 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 2 · P2 Jean Alesi | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| HEI 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P2 Jean Alesi | ||
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| HEI 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P7 Jean Alesi | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| HEI 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P2 Jean Alesi | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| HEI 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3 Jean Alesi | ||
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| HEI 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P3 Jean Alesi | ||
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| HEI 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3 Jean Alesi | ||
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| HEI 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P2 Jean Alesi | ||
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| HEI 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P9 Jean Alesi | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| HEI 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P7 Jean Alesi | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| HEI 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P10 Jean Alesi | ||
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).