Heinz-Harald Frentzen vs Jacques Villeneuve, 1998

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

In the 1998 season, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jacques Villeneuve competed as teammates at Williams across 16 races. Villeneuve outqualified Frentzen 10 times and finished ahead in 5 races, while Frentzen finished ahead 4 times. Both drivers had no race wins, with Frentzen earning 17 championship points and Villeneuve 21, and they each achieved a best finish of 3rd.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
610Qualifyingof 16 compared
45Race 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.

1998 season
16
Races together
16
17
Points
21
0
Wins
0
1
Podiums
2
P3
Best finish
P3
7.4
Average grid
6.7
6.7
Average finish
5.7
4
Did not finish
3
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