Nick Heidfeld
German · 2000–2011
VS

Vitaly Petrov
Russian · 2010–2012
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
6
5
Qualifyingahead
3
8
Nick Heidfeld · Vitaly Petrov
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.297s
Vitaly Petrov faster by the median gap over 10 sessions
2011 +0.297s 10
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
8 — 8
16 shared
Qualifying H2H
5 — 11
16 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P5
Best championship
P10
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 2
2010 P13 2011 P10
Teammate battle by season
6
5
2011
Career totals
Nick Heidfeld Vitaly Petrov
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
1
0
Podiums
13
1
Fastest laps
2
1
Career points
259
64
Starts
184
58
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nick Heidfeld Vitaly Petrov
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
7.1%
1.7%
Pole rate
0.5%
0%
Points / start
1.4
1.1
Avg grid
P11.3
P14.6
Avg finish
P10.7
P14.4
Finish rate
75.5%
82.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Nick Heidfeld Vitaly Petrov
Overtakes
1,581
574
Overtakes / race
8.9
10.4
Places lost
1,290
506
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 Vitaly Petrov
Mechanical retirements
28
4
Crash retirements
16
6
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
2010
—
First win
—
2005
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P3
+0.6
Avg places gained
+0.2
Season points trajectory
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
Nick Heidfeld Vitaly Petrov
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Nick Heidfeld Vitaly Petrov
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P16
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Hungaroring 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P13
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P12
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P10
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P9
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P10
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P11
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P13
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P9
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P10
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P7
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P16
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P8
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P11
Valencia Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P13
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P6
Korean International Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P16
Team history
Nick Heidfeld
SAU
BMW
Prost 2000Sauber 2001–2003Jordan 2004Williams 2005BMW Sauber 2006–2009Sauber 2010Renault 2011
Vitaly Petrov
REN
Renault 2010–2011Caterham 2012
20002012
Nick Heidfeld → Vitaly Petrov → 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).