As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
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
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
Robert Kubica
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).