Championship record
1
World titles
7
2
Runner-up
4
4
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Damon Hill
Lewis Hamilton
Championships
1
7
Wins
22
106
Poles
20
104
Podiums
42
207
Fastest laps
0
69
Career points
360
5,096.5
Starts
116
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill
Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
19%
27.2%
Podium rate
36.2%
53.1%
Pole rate
17.2%
26.7%
Points / start
3.1
13.1
Avg grid
P6.1
P4.7
Avg finish
P8.9
P5.2
Finish rate
68.1%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill
Lewis Hamilton
Overtakes
342
2,424
Overtakes / race
5.6
6.3
Places lost
287
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
Damon Hill
Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
18
10
Crash retirements
18
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: 1 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
1992
Debut season
2007
1993 · aged 32
First win
2007 · aged 22
1993
First pole
2007
1996 · aged 36
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
Damon Hill
Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Damon Hill | Lewis Hamilton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 9 · 16 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 8 · 12 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 4 · P1 | 5 · 11 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 1 · P1 | 7 · 13 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 7 · 11 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 2 · 10 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 2 · P2 | 3 · 8 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 4 · P1 | 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).