David Coulthard vs Mika Häkkinen, 1998

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

In the 1998 season, David Coulthard and Mika Häkkinen competed as teammates at McLaren over 16 races. Häkkinen outqualified Coulthard 13 times and finished ahead 9 times, while Coulthard managed to finish ahead only once. Häkkinen secured 100 championship points and 8 race wins, compared to Coulthard's 56 points and 1 win, with both drivers achieving a best finish of 1.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
313Qualifyingof 16 compared
19Race finishesof 10 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.

1998 season
16
Races together
16
56
Points
100
1
Wins
8
9
Podiums
11
P1
Best finish
P1
3.1
Average grid
1.7
3.2
Average finish
1.9
4
Did not finish
3
Other seasons together:2001200019991997199619951994