Championship record
1
World titles
3
2
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Damon Hill
Niki Lauda
Championships
1
3
Wins
22
25
Poles
20
24
Podiums
42
54
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
360
420.5
Starts
116
173
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill
Niki Lauda
Win rate
19%
14.5%
Podium rate
36.2%
31.2%
Pole rate
17.2%
13.9%
Points / start
3.1
2.4
Avg grid
P6.1
P8.4
Avg finish
P8.9
P10.8
Finish rate
68.1%
56.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill
Niki Lauda
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
Niki Lauda
Mechanical retirements
18
54
Crash retirements
18
19
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1992
Debut season
1971
1993 · aged 32
First win
1974 · aged 25
1993
First pole
1974
1996 · aged 36
First title
1975 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-2.3
Season points trajectory
Damon Hill
Niki Lauda
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Damon Hill | Niki Lauda |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · — | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Adelaide Street Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
Team history
Damon Hill
Niki Lauda
March-Ford 1971March 1972BRM 1973Ferrari 1974–1977Brabham 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979McLaren 1982–1985
19711999
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).