Championship record
1
World titles
7
0
Runner-up
3
3
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alan Jones
Lewis Hamilton
Championships
1
7
Wins
12
106
Poles
6
104
Podiums
24
207
Fastest laps
0
69
Career points
206
5,096.5
Starts
117
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alan Jones
Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
10.3%
27.2%
Podium rate
20.5%
53.1%
Pole rate
5.1%
26.7%
Points / start
1.8
13.1
Avg grid
P11.5
P4.7
Avg finish
P11.4
P5.2
Finish rate
59%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alan Jones
Lewis Hamilton
Overtakes
0
2,424
Overtakes / race
0.0
6.3
Places lost
0
2,145
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Alan Jones
Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
31
10
Crash retirements
14
14
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 3 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
2007
1977 · aged 30
First win
2007 · aged 22
1979
First pole
2007
1980 · aged 33
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
Alan Jones
Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alan Jones | Lewis Hamilton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 9 · 16 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2 · 2 · P1 | 7 · 11 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · — | 8 · 12 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P11 | 5 · 11 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 2 · P2 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 2 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 8 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P3 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 1 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
Team history
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).