VIL

Jacques Villeneuve

1996–2006
163
Starts
11
Wins
23
Podiums
13
Poles
1
Titles
235
Points

Season by season

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Season Team ENT R Win Pod Pole Pts WDC
1996 Williams 16 16 4 11 3 78 P2
1997 Williams 17 17 7 8 10 81 P1
1998 Williams 16 16 0 2 0 21 P5
1999 BAR 16 16 0 0 0 0
2000 BAR 17 17 0 0 0 17 P7
2001 BAR 17 17 0 2 0 12 P7
2002 BAR 17 17 0 0 0 4 P12
2003 BAR 15 14 0 0 0 6 P16
2004 Renault 3 3 0 0 0 0 P21
2005 Sauber 19 18 0 0 0 9 P14
2006 BMW Sauber 12 12 0 0 0 7 P15

Race engineer

Jock Clear Williams · 1996–1998
Jock Clear BAR · 1999–2003

Teammates, head to head

most races first
Teammate Qualifying Race Points
Heinz-Harald Frentzen '97–'98 · 16r compared , 17 excl. → Full breakdown 23–10 9–7 102 59
Felipe Massa '05 · 12r compared , 7 excl. → Full breakdown 6–13 3–9 9 11
Olivier Panis '01–'02 · 11r compared , 23 excl. → Full breakdown 21–13 7–4 16 8
Damon Hill '96 · 9r compared , 7 excl. → Full breakdown 3–13 4–5 78 97
Ricardo Zonta '99–'00 · 7r compared , 23 excl. → Full breakdown 26–3 7–0 17 3
Nick Heidfeld '06 · 7r compared , 5 excl. → Full breakdown 7–5 2–5 7 13
Jenson Button '03 · 4r compared , 11 excl. → Full breakdown 6–8 1–3 6 12
Fernando Alonso '04 · 3r compared → Full breakdown 1–2 0–3 0 14
Mika Salo '99 · 0r compared , 3 excl. 3–0 0–0 0 0

Compare with any driver

career records side by side · any era

Teammate Head-to-Head (above) covers same-car seasons only. Compare reaches across any era — pick any driver.

Reliability & consistency

era-dependent · see explanation
33.1% DNF rate 54 in 163 starts
32.5% points-finish rate 53 in 163 starts
P1 best finish
P1 best grid
DNF rate & points-finish rate

DNF rate — "how often did they not finish?"

The share of race starts that ended without a classified finish. Formula: races not finished ÷ race starts × 100. Races the driver did not start are excluded from both sides. A disqualification counts as a finish that scored nothing, not a DNF. Why it sits apart from the era-fair rates: unlike a win or a podium, finishing meant something very different in different eras. Cars in the 1950s–70s broke constantly; modern cars almost always reach the flag. A high DNF rate in 1955 says far more about the machinery than the driver. Comparing two drivers within the same season is meaningful — they faced the same conditions. Across eras it's context, not a verdict.

Points-finish rate — "how often did they score?"

The share of race starts that ended in a points-paying position. Formula: races finished in a scoring position ÷ race starts × 100, using that season's real points system. Why it's era-dependent: the number of positions that pay points has changed repeatedly — the top five scored in 1950, the top ten score today. A modern driver has roughly twice as many scoring positions available for the same relative performance, so a higher percentage doesn't necessarily mean a better driver. Like DNF rate, it's shown as context.