Championship record
1
World titles
7
1
Runner-up
3
4
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jody Scheckter
Lewis Hamilton
Championships
1
7
Wins
10
106
Poles
3
104
Podiums
33
207
Fastest laps
0
69
Career points
255
5,096.5
Starts
112
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jody Scheckter
Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
8.9%
27.2%
Podium rate
29.5%
53.1%
Pole rate
2.7%
26.7%
Points / start
2.3
13.1
Avg grid
P8.0
P4.7
Avg finish
P9.1
P5.2
Finish rate
68.7%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jody Scheckter
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
Jody Scheckter
Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
21
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: 1 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
1972
Debut season
2007
1974 · aged 24
First win
2007 · aged 22
1976
First pole
2007
1979 · aged 29
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.2
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
Jody Scheckter
Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jody Scheckter | Lewis Hamilton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 9 · 16 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P2 | 7 · 11 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 5 · P1 | 3 · 8 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P5 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P6 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P8 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · P10 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
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).