David Coulthard vs Kimi Räikkönen, 2003

Teammates at McLaren — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 2003 season, David Coulthard and Kimi Räikkönen were teammates at McLaren, competing in 16 races together. Räikkönen outqualified Coulthard 10 times and finished ahead of him in 8 races, while Coulthard finished ahead just once. Räikkönen accumulated 91 championship points compared to Coulthard's 51, with both drivers achieving one race win each. They had 9 races classified for comparison.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
610Qualifyingof 16 compared
18Race finishesof 9 compared

Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.

2003 season
16
Races together
16
51
Points
91
1
Wins
1
3
Podiums
10
P1
Best finish
P1
8.5
Average grid
6.8
5.2
Average finish
2.7
5
Did not finish
3
Other seasons together:2008200720062005200420022001