Nick Heidfeld

German · 2000–2011
VS

Robert Kubica

Polish · 2006–2021
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
30
27
Qualifyingahead
28
29
Nick Heidfeld · Robert Kubica
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.026s
Robert Kubica faster by the median gap over 57 sessions
2006 −0.481s 6
2007 −0.198s 16
2008 +0.276s 18
2009 +0.075s 17
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
31 31
62 shared
Qualifying H2H
28 34
62 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: 3 · 2
2006 P9 2007 P5 2008 P4 2009 P13 2010 P8
Teammate battle by season
3
3
2006
10
6
2007
7
11
2008
10
7
2009
Career totals
Nick Heidfeld Robert Kubica
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
1
1
Podiums
13
12
Fastest laps
2
1
Career points
259
274
Starts
184
99
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nick Heidfeld Robert Kubica
Win rate
0%
1%
Podium rate
7.1%
12.1%
Pole rate
0.5%
1%
Points / start
1.4
2.8
Avg grid
P11.3
P9.9
Avg finish
P10.7
P10.6
Finish rate
75.5%
86.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Nick Heidfeld Robert Kubica
Overtakes
1,581
743
Overtakes / race
8.9
7.5
Places lost
1,290
733
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 Robert Kubica
Mechanical retirements
28
9
Crash retirements
16
3
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2000
Debut season
2006
First win
2008 · aged 23
2005
First pole
2008
First title
P2
Best finish
P1
+0.6
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021
Nick Heidfeld Robert Kubica
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Nick Heidfeld Robert Kubica
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Hungaroring 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P3
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P7
Valencia Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P3
Fuji Speedway 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P4
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P5
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P9
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P4
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P7
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P20
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P5
Korean International Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P5
Team history
Nick Heidfeld
SAU
BMW
Prost 2000Sauber 2001–2003Jordan 2004Williams 2005BMW Sauber 2006–2009Sauber 2010Renault 2011
Robert Kubica
BMW
BMW Sauber 2006–2009Renault 2010Williams 2019Alfa Romeo 2021
20002021
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).