Nicola Larini
Italian · 1987–1997
VS

Johnny Herbert
British · 1989–2000
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
3
2
Qualifyingahead
0
5
Nicola Larini · Johnny Herbert
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+1.040s
Johnny Herbert faster by the median gap over 5 sessions
1997 +1.040s 5
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
8 — 6
14 shared
Qualifying H2H
5 — 9
14 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P14
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 1
1997 P10
Teammate battle by season
3
2
1997
Career totals
Nicola Larini Johnny Herbert
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
3
Poles
0
0
Podiums
1
7
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
7
98
Starts
50
162
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nicola Larini Johnny Herbert
Win rate
0%
1.9%
Podium rate
2%
4.3%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.1
0.6
Avg grid
P18.6
P13.1
Avg finish
P16.1
P12.6
Finish rate
56%
56.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Nicola Larini Johnny Herbert
Overtakes
55
568
Overtakes / race
11.0
7.4
Places lost
27
407
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
Nicola Larini Johnny Herbert
Mechanical retirements
15
40
Crash retirements
6
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
1987
Debut season
1989
—
First win
1995 · aged 31
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P1
+2.7
Avg places gained
+0.5
Season points trajectory
1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999
Nicola Larini Johnny Herbert
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Nicola Larini Johnny Herbert
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 1 · 1 · P1
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · P10 1 · 1 · P1 Johnny Herbert
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 1 · P1
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 1 · P1 Johnny Herbert
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P3
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P3 Johnny Herbert
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P7
Nicola Larini 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P7 Johnny Herbert
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P3
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P3 Johnny Herbert
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P3
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P3 Johnny Herbert
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P4
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P4 Johnny Herbert
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P4
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P4 Johnny Herbert
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5 Johnny Herbert
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P4
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P4 Johnny Herbert
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P11
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P11 Johnny Herbert
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P7
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P7 Johnny Herbert
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P6
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P6 Johnny Herbert
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P8
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P8 Johnny Herbert
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 Johnny Herbert
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P7
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P7 Johnny Herbert
Phoenix street circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P5
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P5 Johnny Herbert
Okayama International Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6 Johnny Herbert
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Nicola Larini 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 Johnny Herbert
Team history
Nicola Larini
OSE
Coloni 1987Osella 1988–1989Ligier 1990Lambo 1991Ferrari 1992Ferrari 1994Sauber 1997
Johnny Herbert
TEA
BEN
SAU
Tyrrell 1989Benetton 1989Team Lotus 1990–1994Ligier 1994Benetton 1994–1995Sauber 1996–1998Stewart 1999Jaguar 2000
19872000
Nicola Larini → Johnny Herbert → 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).