Jackie Stewart

British · 1965–1973
VS

Lewis Hamilton

British · 2007–2026
Championship record
3
World titles
7
2
Runner-up
3
6
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jackie Stewart Lewis Hamilton
Championships
3
7
Wins
27
106
Poles
17
104
Podiums
43
207
Fastest laps
0
69
Career points
360
5,096.5
Starts
100
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jackie Stewart Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
27%
27.2%
Podium rate
43%
53.1%
Pole rate
17%
26.7%
Points / start
3.6
13.1
Avg grid
P4.5
P4.7
Avg finish
P7.4
P5.2
Finish rate
64%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jackie Stewart 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
Jackie Stewart Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
33
10
Crash retirements
3
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: 0 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
1965
Debut season
2007
1965 · aged 26
First win
2007 · aged 22
1969
First pole
2007
1969 · aged 30
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.9
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
1965 1973 1981 1989 1997 2005 2013 2021
Jackie Stewart Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jackie Stewart Lewis Hamilton
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 9 · 16 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 3 · P1 5 · 8 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 3 · 4 · P1 3 · 8 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 2 · P2 5 · 11 · P1
Nürburgring 3 · 4 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P2 3 · 7 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 3 · 5 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 3 · 4 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P2 2 · 6 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 6 · P1
Team history
Jackie Stewart
BRM 1965–1967Matra-Ford 1968–1969March 1970Tyrrell 1970–1973
Lewis Hamilton
MER
McLaren 2007–2012Mercedes 2013–2024Ferrari 2025–2026
19652026
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).