Championship record
1
World titles
7
1
Runner-up
3
2
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jacques Villeneuve
Lewis Hamilton
Championships
1
7
Wins
11
106
Poles
13
104
Podiums
23
207
Fastest laps
0
69
Career points
235
5,096.5
Starts
165
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jacques Villeneuve
Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
6.7%
27.2%
Podium rate
13.9%
53.1%
Pole rate
7.9%
26.7%
Points / start
1.4
13.1
Avg grid
P9.1
P4.7
Avg finish
P10.3
P5.2
Finish rate
66.7%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jacques Villeneuve
Lewis Hamilton
Overtakes
1,120
2,424
Overtakes / race
7.0
6.3
Places lost
870
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
Jacques Villeneuve
Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
38
10
Crash retirements
17
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
1996
Debut season
2007
1996 · aged 25
First win
2007 · aged 22
1996
First pole
2007
1997 · aged 26
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.1
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
Jacques Villeneuve
Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jacques Villeneuve | Lewis Hamilton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 9 · 16 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 3 · P1 | 8 · 12 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 3 · P1 | 7 · 13 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P2 | 7 · 11 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 6 · 10 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 5 · 11 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 5 · 11 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 8 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P3 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 10 · P1 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P11 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 6 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
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).