Championship record
2
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
2
4
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Emerson Fittipaldi
Nico Rosberg
Championships
2
1
Wins
14
23
Poles
6
30
Podiums
35
57
Fastest laps
0
20
Career points
281
1,594.5
Starts
146
206
Rate-adjusted · per start
Emerson Fittipaldi
Nico Rosberg
Win rate
9.6%
11.2%
Podium rate
24%
27.7%
Pole rate
4.1%
14.6%
Points / start
1.9
7.7
Avg grid
P11.9
P6.9
Avg finish
P10.8
P8.3
Finish rate
66.4%
85.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Emerson Fittipaldi
Nico Rosberg
Overtakes
0
1,583
Overtakes / race
0.0
7.9
Places lost
0
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
Emerson Fittipaldi
Nico Rosberg
Mechanical retirements
39
15
Crash retirements
5
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1970
Debut season
2006
1970 · aged 23
First win
2012 · aged 26
1972
First pole
2012
1972 · aged 25
First title
2016 · aged 31
P1
Best finish
P1
+1.2
Avg places gained
-1.3
Season points trajectory
Emerson Fittipaldi
Nico Rosberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Emerson Fittipaldi | Nico Rosberg |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 2 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 3 · P2 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P11 |
Team history
Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus 1970Lotus-Ford 1971Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 1971Team Lotus 1972–1973McLaren 1974–1975Fittipaldi 1976–1980
Nico Rosberg
19702016
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).