Championship record
1
World titles
7
0
Runner-up
3
2
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jochen Rindt
Lewis Hamilton
Championships
1
7
Wins
6
106
Poles
10
104
Podiums
13
207
Fastest laps
0
69
Career points
109
5,096.5
Starts
61
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jochen Rindt
Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
9.8%
27.2%
Podium rate
21.3%
53.1%
Pole rate
16.4%
26.7%
Points / start
1.8
13.1
Avg grid
P6.5
P4.7
Avg finish
P9.9
P5.2
Finish rate
42.6%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jochen Rindt
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
Jochen Rindt
Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
30
10
Crash retirements
4
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: 1 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
1964
Debut season
2007
1969 · aged 27
First win
2007 · aged 22
1968
First pole
2007
1970 · aged 28
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.2
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
Jochen Rindt
Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jochen Rindt | Lewis Hamilton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 9 · 16 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 5 · 11 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 1 · P2 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 8 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 2 · P3 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
Team history
Jochen Rindt
Brabham-BRM 1964Cooper-Climax 1965Cooper-Maserati 1966–1967Brabham-Repco 1968Lotus-Ford 1969Team Lotus 1970
Lewis Hamilton
19642026
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).