Championship record
5
World titles
7
2
Runner-up
3
7
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Juan Fangio
Lewis Hamilton
Championships
5
7
Wins
22
106
Poles
28
104
Podiums
31
207
Fastest laps
0
69
Career points
260.64
5,096.5
Starts
51
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
Juan Fangio
Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
43.1%
27.2%
Podium rate
60.8%
53.1%
Pole rate
54.9%
26.7%
Points / start
5.1
13.1
Avg grid
P2.0
P4.7
Avg finish
P4.8
P5.2
Finish rate
76.5%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Juan Fangio
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
Juan Fangio
Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
12
10
Crash retirements
0
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
1950
Debut season
2007
1950 · aged 38
First win
2007 · aged 22
1950
First pole
2007
1951 · aged 40
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
Juan Fangio
Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Juan Fangio | Lewis Hamilton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 9 · 16 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 3 · P1 | 5 · 11 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 4 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 8 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 3 · 5 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 1 · P1 | 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).