Juan Fangio

Argentine · 1950–1958
VS

Nico Rosberg

German · 2006–2016
Championship record
5
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
2
7
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Juan Fangio Nico Rosberg
Championships
5
1
Wins
22
23
Poles
28
30
Podiums
31
57
Fastest laps
0
20
Career points
260.64
1,594.5
Starts
51
206
Rate-adjusted · per start
Juan Fangio Nico Rosberg
Win rate
43.1%
11.2%
Podium rate
60.8%
27.7%
Pole rate
54.9%
14.6%
Points / start
5.1
7.7
Avg grid
P2.0
P6.9
Avg finish
P4.8
P8.3
Finish rate
76.5%
85.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Juan Fangio Nico Rosberg
Overtakes
0
1,583
Overtakes / race
0.0
7.9
Places lost
0
1,574
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 Nico Rosberg
Mechanical retirements
12
15
Crash retirements
0
14
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
2006
1950 · aged 38
First win
2012 · aged 26
1950
First pole
2012
1951 · aged 40
First title
2016 · aged 31
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-1.3
Season points trajectory
1950 1959 1968 1977 1986 1995 2004 2013
Juan Fangio Nico Rosberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Juan Fangio Nico Rosberg
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 2 · 2 · P1 3 · 4 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 3 · 4 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 3 · 3 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Nürburgring 3 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Team history
Juan Fangio
Alfa Romeo 1950–1951Maserati 1953Mercedes 1954Maserati 1954Mercedes 1955Ferrari 1956Maserati 1957–1958
Nico Rosberg
Williams 2006–2009Mercedes 2010–2016
19502016
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).