As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Sakon Yamamoto · Karun Chandhok
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
0
—
1
1 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
1
1 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P24
Best championship
P22
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 1
2010
P22
Teammate battle by season
0
1
2010
Career totals
Sakon Yamamoto
Karun Chandhok
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
0
Starts
21
11
Rate-adjusted · per start
Sakon Yamamoto
Karun Chandhok
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.0
0.0
Avg grid
P21.7
P23.0
Avg finish
P18.5
P18.2
Finish rate
66.7%
81.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Sakon Yamamoto
Karun Chandhok
Overtakes
98
58
Overtakes / race
4.9
5.3
Places lost
72
30
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
Sakon Yamamoto
Karun Chandhok
Mechanical retirements
4
1
Crash retirements
3
1
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
2006
Debut season
2010
—
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P12
Best finish
P14
+3.2
Avg places gained
+4.8
Season points trajectory
Sakon Yamamoto
Karun Chandhok
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Sakon Yamamoto | Karun Chandhok |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P16 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| YAM 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P17 CHA | ||
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P20 | 0 · 0 · P20 |
| YAM 0 · 0 · P20 0 · 0 · P20 CHA | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P20 | 0 · 0 · P19 |
| YAM 0 · 0 · P20 0 · 0 · P19 CHA | ||
Team history
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).