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Jacques Villeneuve All drivers

Jacques Villeneuve

VIL🇨🇦 Canadian1996–2006

1997 World Champion. Won 11 of 163 starts across 11 seasons, and outscored Olivier Panis over 34 races together.

Titles
1
=16th all-time
Wins
11
6.7% of starts
Podiums
23
14.1% of starts
Career points
235
as scored at the time
Starts
163
11 seasons, 5 teams

Ranks are all-time since 1958.

Championship finish by season

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WilliamsBARRenaultSauberBMW SauberWorld Champion

Against Villeneuve's teammates

Points in races together
Olivier Panis 16 – 8 2001–02 · 34 races · ahead on the results sheet 21–13
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 102 – 53 1997–98 · 32 races · ahead on the results sheet 18–14
Ricardo Zonta 17 – 3 1999–00 · 29 races · ahead on the results sheet 17–12
Felipe Massa 9 – 11 2005 · 18 races · ahead on the results sheet 5–13
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Damon Hill 78 – 97 1996 · 16 races · ahead on the results sheet 8–8
Jenson Button 6 – 12 2003 · 15 races · ahead on the results sheet 6–9
Nick Heidfeld 7 – 13 2006 · 12 races · ahead on the results sheet 5–7
Mika Salo 0 – 0 1999 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–3
Fernando Alonso 0 – 14 2004 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–3

Best circuits

By wins
2 Hungaroring 9 starts · avg finish 11.1 Won 1996, 1997 2 Silverstone Circuit 10 starts · avg finish 8.8 Won 1996, 1997 2 Nürburgring 10 starts · avg finish 9.4 Won 1996, 1997 1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 10 starts · avg finish 9.6 Won 1997 1 Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 3 starts · avg finish 6.7 Won 1997

Milestones

Debut
1996 Australian GP Williams · 2nd · also first points and podium
First win
1996 European GP 4th career start
Best run
2 wins in a row 1997
Best season
7 wins 1997
Last win
1997 Luxembourg GP Williams
Final start
2006 German GP BMW Sauber

Under today's points system

25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, scored by the calculator
235 858 +623

Career points re-scored with today's table. 1997: 81 → 222. Replay 1997 in the calculator →

All seasons

Points as counted for the championship
Year Team Pos Pts Wins Podiums Teammate
2006 BMW Sauber 15 7 0 0 Nick Heidfeld
2005 Sauber 14 9 0 0 Felipe Massa
2004 Renault 21 0 0 0 Fernando Alonso
2003 BAR 16 6 0 0 Jenson Button
2002 BAR 12 4 0 0 Olivier Panis
2001 BAR 7 12 0 2 Olivier Panis
2000 BAR 7 17 0 0 Ricardo Zonta
1999 BAR 22 0 0 0 Ricardo Zonta, Mika Salo
1998 Williams 5 21 0 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
1997 Williams 1 81 7 8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
1996 Williams 2 78 4 11 Damon Hill

Starts count Grands Prix with a classified result, sprints excluded. Figures cover the World Championship from 1958.