Jacques Villeneuve vs Nick Heidfeld, 2006

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

In the 2006 season, Jacques Villeneuve and Nick Heidfeld competed as teammates at BMW Sauber across 12 races. Villeneuve outqualified Heidfeld 7 times and finished ahead of him 2 times, while Heidfeld outqualified Villeneuve 5 times and finished ahead of him 5 times. Heidfeld scored 23 championship points, compared to Villeneuve's 7, with both drivers achieving no race wins and Heidfeld securing 1 podium finish.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
75Qualifyingof 12 compared
25Race finishesof 7 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.

2006 season
12
Races together
12
7
Points
23
0
Wins
0
0
Podiums
1
P6
Best finish
P3
12.8
Average grid
10.2
9.8
Average finish
8.9
4
Did not finish
3
Other seasons together:200520042003200220012000