Championship record
1
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
2
4
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Damon Hill
Nico Rosberg
Championships
1
1
Wins
22
23
Poles
20
30
Podiums
42
57
Fastest laps
0
20
Career points
360
1,594.5
Starts
116
206
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill
Nico Rosberg
Win rate
19%
11.2%
Podium rate
36.2%
27.7%
Pole rate
17.2%
14.6%
Points / start
3.1
7.7
Avg grid
P6.1
P6.9
Avg finish
P8.9
P8.3
Finish rate
68.1%
85.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill
Nico Rosberg
Overtakes
342
1,583
Overtakes / race
5.6
7.9
Places lost
287
1,574
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
Nico Rosberg
Mechanical retirements
18
15
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1992
Debut season
2006
1993 · aged 32
First win
2012 · aged 26
1993
First pole
2012
1996 · aged 36
First title
2016 · aged 31
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-1.3
Season points trajectory
Damon Hill
Nico Rosberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Damon Hill | Nico Rosberg |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 2 · P2 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
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).