As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Nico Hülkenberg · Jolyon Palmer
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.830s
Nico Hülkenberg faster by the median gap over 15 sessions
2017
−0.830s
15
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
26
—
11
37 shared
Qualifying H2H
36
—
1
37 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P7
Best championship
P17
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 0
2016
P9
2017
P10
Teammate battle by season
10
6
2017
Career totals
Nico Hülkenberg
Jolyon Palmer
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
1
0
Podiums
1
0
Fastest laps
2
0
Career points
620
9
Starts
266
37
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nico Hülkenberg
Jolyon Palmer
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0.4%
0%
Pole rate
0.4%
0%
Points / start
2.3
0.2
Avg grid
P11.2
P16.3
Avg finish
P12.1
P15.3
Finish rate
84.2%
73%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Nico Hülkenberg
Jolyon Palmer
Overtakes
2,341
303
Overtakes / race
9.4
8.9
Places lost
2,314
287
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
Nico Hülkenberg
Jolyon Palmer
Mechanical retirements
16
5
Crash retirements
18
4
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: 8 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2010
Debut season
2016
—
First win
—
2010
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P3
Best finish
P6
-0.9
Avg places gained
+1.1
Season points trajectory
Nico Hülkenberg
Jolyon Palmer
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Nico Hülkenberg | Jolyon Palmer |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| HUL 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — PAL | ||
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P11 PAL | ||
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P12 PAL | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P11 PAL | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P11 PAL | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P13 PAL | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P13 PAL | ||
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P12 PAL | ||
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P13 PAL | ||
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P13 PAL | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · — |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · — PAL | ||
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P6 PAL | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · — |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · — PAL | ||
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P17 PAL | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P11 PAL | ||
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P13 PAL | ||
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P15 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P15 PAL | ||
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P14 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P14 PAL | ||
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P10 PAL | ||
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P13 PAL | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P19 |
| HUL 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P19 PAL | ||
Team history
Nico Hülkenberg
Williams 2010Force India 2012Sauber 2013Force India 2014–2016Renault 2017–2019Racing Point 2020Aston Martin 2022Haas F1 Team 2023–2024Sauber 2025Audi 2026
Jolyon Palmer
Renault 2016–2017
20102026
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).