As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Takuma Sato · Franck Montagny
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.226s
Takuma Sato faster by the median gap over 7 sessions
2006
−0.226s
7
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
5
—
2
7 shared
Qualifying H2H
6
—
1
7 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P8
Best championship
P27
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 0
2006
P23
Teammate battle by season
5
2
2006
Career totals
Takuma Sato
Franck Montagny
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
1
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
44
0
Starts
91
7
Rate-adjusted · per start
Takuma Sato
Franck Montagny
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
1.1%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.5
0.0
Avg grid
P14.5
P20.3
Avg finish
P13.5
P18.7
Finish rate
69.2%
42.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Takuma Sato
Franck Montagny
Overtakes
686
18
Overtakes / race
7.8
3.0
Places lost
543
9
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
Takuma Sato
Franck Montagny
Mechanical retirements
16
3
Crash retirements
9
1
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: 3 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
2002
Debut season
2006
—
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P3
Best finish
P16
+1.1
Avg places gained
+1.6
Season points trajectory
Takuma Sato
Franck Montagny
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Takuma Sato | Franck Montagny |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| SAT 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — FMO | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · — |
| SAT 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · — FMO | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · — |
| SAT 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · — FMO | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P18 |
| SAT 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P18 FMO | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 0 · — |
| SAT 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · — FMO | ||
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P16 |
| SAT 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P16 FMO | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P17 | 0 · 0 · P16 |
| SAT 0 · 0 · P17 0 · 0 · P16 FMO | ||
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).