Championship record
3
World titles
7
2
Runner-up
4
6
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Ayrton Senna
Lewis Hamilton
Championships
3
7
Wins
41
106
Poles
65
104
Podiums
80
207
Fastest laps
0
69
Career points
614
5,096.5
Starts
161
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna
Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
25.5%
27.2%
Podium rate
49.7%
53.1%
Pole rate
40.4%
26.7%
Points / start
3.8
13.1
Avg grid
P3.1
P4.7
Avg finish
P8.1
P5.2
Finish rate
68.9%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Ayrton Senna
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
Ayrton Senna
Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
30
10
Crash retirements
20
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
1984
Debut season
2007
1985 · aged 25
First win
2007 · aged 22
1985
First pole
2007
1988 · aged 28
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
Ayrton Senna
Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ayrton Senna | Lewis Hamilton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Hungaroring | 3 · 7 · P1 | 8 · 12 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 9 · 16 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 · 6 · P1 | 5 · 11 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 6 · 8 · P1 | 3 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2 · 2 · P1 | 7 · 11 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 1 · P2 | 7 · 13 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 5 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 2 · 4 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 2 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
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).