Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
2
3
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Denny Hulme
Kimi Räikkönen
Championships
1
1
Wins
8
21
Poles
1
18
Podiums
33
103
Fastest laps
0
42
Career points
248
1,873
Starts
112
352
Rate-adjusted · per start
Denny Hulme
Kimi Räikkönen
Win rate
7.1%
6%
Podium rate
29.5%
29.3%
Pole rate
0.9%
5.1%
Points / start
2.2
5.3
Avg grid
P7.3
P7.6
Avg finish
P8.2
P8.5
Finish rate
69.6%
81.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Denny Hulme
Kimi Räikkönen
Overtakes
0
2,703
Overtakes / race
0.0
8.0
Places lost
0
2,441
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
Denny Hulme
Kimi Räikkönen
Mechanical retirements
29
45
Crash retirements
5
21
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1965
Debut season
2001
1967 · aged 30
First win
2003 · aged 23
1973
First pole
2003
1967 · aged 31
First title
2007 · aged 28
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.0
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
Denny Hulme
Kimi Räikkönen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Denny Hulme | Kimi Räikkönen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · — | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 3 · P3 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
Team history
Denny Hulme
Brabham-Climax 1965–1966Brabham-Repco 1966–1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968McLaren-BRM 1968McLaren-Ford 1969–1970McLaren 1971–1974
Kimi Räikkönen
Sauber 2001McLaren 2002–2006Ferrari 2007–2009Lotus F1 2012–2013Ferrari 2014–2018Alfa Romeo 2019–2021
19652021
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).