Championship record
2
World titles
7
3
Runner-up
3
5
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Graham Hill
Lewis Hamilton
Championships
2
7
Wins
14
106
Poles
13
104
Podiums
36
207
Fastest laps
0
69
Career points
289
5,096.5
Starts
177
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
Graham Hill
Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
7.9%
27.2%
Podium rate
20.3%
53.1%
Pole rate
7.3%
26.7%
Points / start
1.6
13.1
Avg grid
P10.3
P4.7
Avg finish
P10.0
P5.2
Finish rate
58.2%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Graham Hill
Lewis Hamilton
Overtakes
0
2,424
Overtakes / race
0.0
6.3
Places lost
0
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
Graham Hill
Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
58
10
Crash retirements
13
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: 3 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
1958
Debut season
2007
1962 · aged 33
First win
2007 · aged 22
1962
First pole
2007
1962 · aged 33
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.4
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
Graham Hill
Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Graham Hill | Lewis Hamilton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 9 · 16 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 5 · 7 · P1 | 3 · 8 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 5 · 11 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P11 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 1 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P10 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
Team history
Graham Hill
Team Lotus 1958–1959BRM 1960–1966Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1969Team Lotus 1970Brabham 1971–1972Shadow 1973Lola 1974–1975
Lewis Hamilton
19582026
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).