Daniel Ricciardo
Australian · 2011–2024
VS

Lewis Hamilton
British · 2007–2026
Race H2H
37 — 219
256 shared
Qualifying H2H
29 — 226
255 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
7
0
Runner-up
3
2
Top-3 finishes
12
P3
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 14
2024 P7 2011 P5 2012 P4 2013 P4 2014 P1 2015 P1 2016 P2 2017 P1 2018 P1 2019 P1 2020 P1 2021 P2 2022 P6 2023 P3
Career totals
Daniel Ricciardo Lewis Hamilton
Championships
0
7
Wins
8
106
Poles
3
104
Podiums
32
207
Fastest laps
17
69
Career points
1,320
5,096.5
Starts
257
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
Daniel Ricciardo Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
3.1%
27.2%
Podium rate
12.5%
53.1%
Pole rate
1.2%
26.7%
Points / start
5.1
13.1
Avg grid
P10.0
P4.7
Avg finish
P10.2
P5.2
Finish rate
85.6%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Daniel Ricciardo Lewis Hamilton
Overtakes
2,321
2,424
Overtakes / race
9.1
6.3
Places lost
2,023
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
Daniel Ricciardo Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
24
10
Crash retirements
8
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: 5 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
2011
Debut season
2007
2014 · aged 24
First win
2007 · aged 22
2016
First pole
2007
—
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.2
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025
Daniel Ricciardo Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Daniel Ricciardo Lewis Hamilton
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 9 · 16 · P1
Hungaroring 1 · 3 · P1 8 · 12 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 2 · P1 7 · 11 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 2 · P3 7 · 13 · P1
Shanghai International Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 6 · 10 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 3 · P1 5 · 11 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 1 · P1 5 · 8 · P1
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 5 · 11 · P1
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 2 · P3 5 · 9 · P1
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 5 · 10 · P1
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 0 · P4 5 · 7 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 4 · P1 3 · 8 · P1
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 4 · P2 4 · 7 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 4 · 7 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P4 3 · 7 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 1 · P2 3 · 4 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 10 · P1
Sepang International Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 6 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P3 2 · 6 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 1 · P3 2 · 6 · P1
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 4 · P1
Baku City Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P10 2 · 3 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P3 2 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 0 · 0 · P9 2 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 1 · P1
Losail International Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 1 · 1 · P1
Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 1 · P1
Valencia Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 3 · P2
Korean International Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P2
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 1 · P2
Miami International Autodrome 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P6
Buddh International Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Daniel Ricciardo
RED
HRT 2011Toro Rosso 2012–2013Red Bull 2014–2018Renault 2019–2020McLaren 2021–2022AlphaTauri 2023RB F1 Team 2024
Lewis Hamilton
MCL
MER
McLaren 2007–2012Mercedes 2013–2024Ferrari 2025–2026
20072026
Daniel Ricciardo → Lewis Hamilton → Compare others
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).