Felipe Massa vs Jacques Villeneuve

2005·

Felipe Massa edged Jacques Villeneuve 13–5 in the races and 11–7 in qualifying at Sauber in 2005. Felipe Massa scored 11 points to 9.

Felipe MassaJacques Villeneuve

11Qualifying7

18 shared races

13Race day5

18 shared races

11Points9

in shared races, as awarded at the time

40Points (today’s rules)27

in shared races, rescored 25-18-15…

Wins: 0/0
Podiums: 0/0
Poles: 0/0
Retirements: 2/3
Best finish: P4/P4
Avg. grid: 12/12.5

Race by race

Round-by-round comparison of Felipe Massa and Jacques Villeneuve
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Felipe Massa	Jacques Villeneuve	Points
1	1Australian Grand Prix	18/4	P10	P13	0 / 0
2	2Malaysian Grand Prix	14/16	P10	Spun off	0 / 0
3	3Bahrain Grand Prix	12/15	P7	P11	2 / 0
4	4San Marino Grand Prix	18/11	P10	P4▲	0 / 5
5	5Spanish Grand Prix	10/12	P11	Engine	0 / 0
6	6Monaco Grand Prix	11/9	P9	P11	0 / 0
7	7European Grand Prix	11/15	P14▼	P13	0 / 0
8	8Canadian Grand Prix	11/8	P4▲	P9	5 / 0
10	10French Grand Prix	9/10	Hydraulics	P8	0 / 1
11	11British Grand Prix	16/10	P10	P14	0 / 0
12	12German Grand Prix	13/14	P8	P15▼	1 / 0
13	13Hungarian Grand Prix	14/15	P14▼	Engine fire	0 / 0
14	14Turkish Grand Prix	8/16	Engine	P11	0 / 0
15	15Italian Grand Prix	15/12	P9	P11	0 / 0
16	16Belgian Grand Prix	7/14	P10	P6▲	0 / 3
17	17Brazilian Grand Prix	8/20	P11	P12	0 / 0
18	18Japanese Grand Prix	10/8	P10	P12	0 / 0
19	19Chinese Grand Prix	11/16	P6	P10	3 / 0
	Average finish		P9.6	P10.7

How to read this table

The driver ahead in a round is shown in bold, the other in grey. Grid shows Felipe Massa / Jacques Villeneuve.
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.

Felipe Massa’s career Jacques Villeneuve’s career Sauber 2005 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 Entries that did not qualify, did not pre-qualify or were withdrawn are excluded, as are cars that never left the grid or the garage, and the Indianapolis 500 of 1950–1960.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.