Keke Rosberg

Finnish · 1978–1986
VS

Kimi Räikkönen

Finnish · 2001–2021
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
2
2
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Keke Rosberg Kimi Räikkönen
Championships
1
1
Wins
5
21
Poles
5
18
Podiums
17
103
Fastest laps
0
42
Career points
159.5
1,873
Starts
114
352
Rate-adjusted · per start
Keke Rosberg Kimi Räikkönen
Win rate
4.4%
6%
Podium rate
14.9%
29.3%
Pole rate
4.4%
5.1%
Points / start
1.4
5.3
Avg grid
P10.1
P7.6
Avg finish
P11.8
P8.5
Finish rate
53.5%
81.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Keke Rosberg Kimi Räikkönen
Overtakes
0
2,703
Overtakes / race
0.0
8.0
Places lost
0
2,441
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
Keke Rosberg Kimi Räikkönen
Mechanical retirements
41
45
Crash retirements
9
21
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: 3 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1978
Debut season
2001
1982 · aged 33
First win
2003 · aged 23
1982
First pole
2003
1982 · aged 33
First title
2007 · aged 28
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.6
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
1978 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020
Keke Rosberg Kimi Räikkönen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Keke Rosberg Kimi Räikkönen
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P4 4 · 5 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · — 1 · 9 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 7 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P9 1 · 7 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 4 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 3 · P3
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P3
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P2
Team history
Keke Rosberg
ATS 1978Wolf 1978Theodore 1978Wolf 1979Fittipaldi 1980–1981Williams 1982–1985McLaren 1986
Kimi Räikkönen
Sauber 2001McLaren 2002–2006Ferrari 2007–2009Lotus F1 2012–2013Ferrari 2014–2018Alfa Romeo 2019–2021
19782021
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).