Championship record
1
World titles
3
2
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Damon Hill
Nelson Piquet
Championships
1
3
Wins
22
23
Poles
20
24
Podiums
42
60
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
360
485.5
Starts
116
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill
Nelson Piquet
Win rate
19%
11.2%
Podium rate
36.2%
29.3%
Pole rate
17.2%
11.7%
Points / start
3.1
2.4
Avg grid
P6.1
P6.7
Avg finish
P8.9
P9.8
Finish rate
68.1%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill
Nelson Piquet
Overtakes
342
0
Overtakes / race
5.6
0.0
Places lost
287
0
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
Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
18
51
Crash retirements
18
28
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1992
Debut season
1978
1993 · aged 32
First win
1980 · aged 27
1993
First pole
1980
1996 · aged 36
First title
1981 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
Damon Hill
Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Damon Hill | Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 2 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Adelaide Street Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuito de Jerez | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
Team history
Damon Hill
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
19781999
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).