Alberto Ascari

Italian · 1950–1955
VS

Lewis Hamilton

British · 2007–2026
Championship record
2
World titles
7
1
Runner-up
3
3
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alberto Ascari Lewis Hamilton
Championships
2
7
Wins
13
106
Poles
13
104
Podiums
15
207
Fastest laps
0
69
Career points
134.14
5,096.5
Starts
32
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alberto Ascari Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
40.6%
27.2%
Podium rate
46.9%
53.1%
Pole rate
40.6%
26.7%
Points / start
4.2
13.1
Avg grid
P3.9
P4.7
Avg finish
P8.5
P5.2
Finish rate
59.4%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alberto Ascari 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
Alberto Ascari Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
10
10
Crash retirements
3
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: 0 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
2007
1951 · aged 33
First win
2007 · aged 22
1951
First pole
2007
1952 · aged 34
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.6
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
Alberto Ascari Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alberto Ascari Lewis Hamilton
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 9 · 16 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 · 3 · P1 5 · 11 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 5 · 8 · P1
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 3 · 8 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
Team history
Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 1950–1954Maserati 1954Lancia 1954–1955
Lewis Hamilton
MER
McLaren 2007–2012Mercedes 2013–2024Ferrari 2025–2026
19502026
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).