Championship record
1
World titles
3
2
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Kimi Räikkönen
Nelson Piquet
Championships
1
3
Wins
21
23
Poles
18
24
Podiums
103
60
Fastest laps
42
0
Career points
1,873
485.5
Starts
352
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
Kimi Räikkönen
Nelson Piquet
Win rate
6%
11.2%
Podium rate
29.3%
29.3%
Pole rate
5.1%
11.7%
Points / start
5.3
2.4
Avg grid
P7.6
P6.7
Avg finish
P8.5
P9.8
Finish rate
81.2%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Kimi Räikkönen
Nelson Piquet
Overtakes
2,703
0
Overtakes / race
8.0
0.0
Places lost
2,441
0
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
Kimi Räikkönen
Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
45
51
Crash retirements
21
28
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2001
Debut season
1978
2003 · aged 23
First win
1980 · aged 27
2003
First pole
1980
2007 · aged 28
First title
1981 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.8
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
Kimi Räikkönen
Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Kimi Räikkönen | Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 4 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Hungaroring | 1 · 9 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P3 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
Team history
Kimi Räikkönen
Sauber 2001McLaren 2002–2006Ferrari 2007–2009Lotus F1 2012–2013Ferrari 2014–2018Alfa Romeo 2019–2021
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
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).