David Coulthard vs Kimi Räikkönen, 2004

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

In the 2004 season, David Coulthard and Kimi Räikkönen competed as teammates at McLaren across 18 races. Räikkönen outqualified Coulthard 12 times and finished ahead of him 7 times, while Coulthard managed to finish ahead only 2 times. Räikkönen scored 45 championship points and won 1 Grand Prix, whereas Coulthard scored 24 points and did not achieve any wins, with both drivers classified in 9 races for comparison.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
612Qualifyingof 18 compared
27Race 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.

2004 season
18
Races together
18
24
Points
45
0
Wins
1
0
Podiums
4
P4
Best finish
P1
9.3
Average grid
8.2
7.7
Average finish
5.1
4
Did not finish
8
Other seasons together:2008200720062005200320022001