As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Fernando Alonso · Lewis Hamilton
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.070s
Lewis Hamilton faster by the median gap over 17 sessions
2007
+0.070s
17
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
114
—
236
350 shared
Qualifying H2H
87
—
263
350 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
7
3
Runner-up
3
6
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
4 · 14
2024
P7
2025
P6
2007
P2
2008
P1
2009
P5
2010
P2
2011
P4
2012
P2
2013
P2
2014
P1
2015
P1
2016
P2
2017
P1
2018
P1
2021
P2
2022
P6
2023
P3
2026
P3
Teammate battle by season
10
7
2007
Career totals
Fernando Alonso
Lewis Hamilton
Championships
2
7
Wins
32
106
Poles
22
104
Podiums
106
207
Fastest laps
25
69
Career points
2,381
5,096.5
Starts
438
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
Fernando Alonso
Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
7.3%
27.2%
Podium rate
24.2%
53.1%
Pole rate
5%
26.7%
Points / start
5.4
13.1
Avg grid
P9.0
P4.7
Avg finish
P8.9
P5.2
Finish rate
82.6%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Fernando Alonso
Lewis Hamilton
Overtakes
3,478
2,424
Overtakes / race
8.1
6.3
Places lost
3,192
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
Fernando Alonso
Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
45
10
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: 13 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
2001
Debut season
2007
2003 · aged 22
First win
2007 · aged 22
2003
First pole
2007
2005 · aged 24
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
Fernando Alonso
Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Fernando Alonso | Lewis Hamilton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 6 · P1 | 9 · 16 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 2 · 7 · P1 | 7 · 13 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 1 · 5 · P1 | 8 · 12 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 4 · P1 | 7 · 11 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 3 · 4 · P1 | 5 · 11 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 6 · 10 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 6 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 3 · P2 | 5 · 11 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 5 · P1 | 3 · 8 · P1 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 5 · 10 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 1 · P3 | 5 · 9 · P1 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P6 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 3 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 6 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 9 · P2 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 10 · P1 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 4 · P2 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P9 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P6 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Fuji Speedway | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 0 · 0 · P8 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Valencia Street Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Korean International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Jeddah Corniche Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Losail International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Buddh International Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Miami International Autodrome | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
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).