Giancarlo Fisichella vs Felipe Massa

2004·

Giancarlo Fisichella beat Felipe Massa 14–4 at Sauber in 2004, helped by 4 retirements for Felipe Massa. Race-by-race qualifying, finishing and points record.

Giancarlo FisichellaFelipe Massa

11Qualifying7

18 shared races

14Race day4

18 shared races

22Points12

in shared races, as awarded at the time

71Points (today’s rules)43

in shared races, rescored 25-18-15…

Wins: 0/0
Podiums: 0/0
Poles: 0/0
Retirements: 1/4
Best finish: P4/P4
Avg. grid: 12.3/13.4

Race by race

Round-by-round comparison of Giancarlo Fisichella and Felipe Massa
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Giancarlo Fisichella	Felipe Massa	Points
1	1Australian Grand Prix	14/11	P10	Engine	0 / 0
2	2Malaysian Grand Prix	12/11	P11	P8	0 / 1
3	3Bahrain Grand Prix	11/13	P11	P12	0 / 0
4	4San Marino Grand Prix	18/12	P9	P10	0 / 0
5	5Spanish Grand Prix	12/17	P7	P9	2 / 0
6	6Monaco Grand Prix	10/16	Collision	P5▲	0 / 4
7	7European Grand Prix	19/16	P6	P9	3 / 0
8	8Canadian Grand Prix	11/17	P4▲	Accident	5 / 0
9	9United States Grand Prix	14/15	P9	Collision	0 / 0
10	10French Grand Prix	15/16	P12	P13	0 / 0
11	11British Grand Prix	20/10	P6	P9	3 / 0
12	12German Grand Prix	14/16	P9	P13	0 / 0
13	13Hungarian Grand Prix	8/20	P8	Brakes	1 / 0
14	14Belgian Grand Prix	5/8	P5	P4▲	4 / 5
15	15Italian Grand Prix	15/16	P8	P12	1 / 0
16	16Chinese Grand Prix	7/4	P7	P8	2 / 1
17	17Japanese Grand Prix	7/19	P8	P9	1 / 0
18	18Brazilian Grand Prix	10/4	P9	P8	0 / 1
	Average finish		P8.2	P9.2

How to read this table

The driver ahead in a round is shown in bold, the other in grey. Grid shows Giancarlo Fisichella / Felipe Massa.
P1 a win,P3 a podium,DNF a retirement.
▲ a finish at least 4 places better than that driver’s own average finish this season (see the average row), ▼ at least 4places worse. Retirements are not counted in the average.

Giancarlo Fisichella’s career Felipe Massa’s career Sauber 2004 season All teammate battles

How these numbers are calculated

Only races both drivers started are counted. Entries that did not qualify, did not pre-qualify or were withdrawn are excluded, as are cars that never left the grid or the garage, and the Indianapolis 500 of 1950–1960.
Until the mid-1960s drivers could share a car during a race. Each driver is compared from the car they started (which sets their grid position), with the best result of any car they drove and the points from all of them, as officially credited.
Qualifying is compared on grid position rather than session times. Session-by-session qualifying data only exists from 1994, while grid position is recorded for over 99% of entries right back to 1950 — including every race of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
On race day the driver classified ahead takes the round. If neither was classified, the one who completed more laps is credited; if both retired on the same lap it is scored as a tie and excluded from the tally.
Points are those awarded at the time and include sprint races from 2021. Where the season used an older system, a second points row rescores every round under the current system so seasons from different eras can be compared.
These are points scored in the races both drivers started, not their season totals: races either missed, or contested alongside a different teammate, are left out. Up to 1990 even full-season totals differ from the championship standings, because only a driver’s best results counted towards the title. In 1988 Alain Prost outscored Ayrton Senna 105 to 94 and still lost the championship. Theseason page has the final standings.