Championship record
2
World titles
3
3
Runner-up
1
5
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Graham Hill
Nelson Piquet
Championships
2
3
Wins
14
23
Poles
13
24
Podiums
36
60
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
289
485.5
Starts
177
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
Graham Hill
Nelson Piquet
Win rate
7.9%
11.2%
Podium rate
20.3%
29.3%
Pole rate
7.3%
11.7%
Points / start
1.6
2.4
Avg grid
P10.3
P6.7
Avg finish
P10.0
P9.8
Finish rate
58.2%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Graham Hill
Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
58
51
Crash retirements
13
28
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1958
Debut season
1978
1962 · aged 33
First win
1980 · aged 27
1962
First pole
1980
1962 · aged 33
First title
1981 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.4
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
Graham Hill
Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Graham Hill | Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 5 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Watkins Glen | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P10 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 0 · P10 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Jarama | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
Team history
Graham Hill
Team Lotus 1958–1959BRM 1960–1966Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1969Team Lotus 1970Brabham 1971–1972Shadow 1973Lola 1974–1975
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
19581991
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).