Kimi Räikkönen

Finnish · 2001–2021
VS

Nico Rosberg

German · 2006–2016
Race H2H
85 81
166 shared
Qualifying H2H
72 94
166 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
2
6
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 6 · 3
2006 P5 2007 P1 2008 P3 2009 P6 2012 P3 2013 P5 2014 P2 2015 P2 2016 P1
Career totals
Kimi Räikkönen Nico Rosberg
Championships
1
1
Wins
21
23
Poles
18
30
Podiums
103
57
Fastest laps
42
20
Career points
1,873
1,594.5
Starts
352
206
Rate-adjusted · per start
Kimi Räikkönen Nico Rosberg
Win rate
6%
11.2%
Podium rate
29.3%
27.7%
Pole rate
5.1%
14.6%
Points / start
5.3
7.7
Avg grid
P7.6
P6.9
Avg finish
P8.5
P8.3
Finish rate
81.2%
85.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Kimi Räikkönen Nico Rosberg
Overtakes
2,703
1,583
Overtakes / race
8.0
7.9
Places lost
2,441
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
Kimi Räikkönen Nico Rosberg
Mechanical retirements
45
15
Crash retirements
21
14
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
2001
Debut season
2006
2003 · aged 23
First win
2012 · aged 26
2003
First pole
2012
2007 · aged 28
First title
2016 · aged 31
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.8
Avg places gained
-1.3
Season points trajectory
2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019
Kimi Räikkönen Nico Rosberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Kimi Räikkönen Nico Rosberg
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 4 · 5 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 2 · 6 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 4 · P1 3 · 4 · P1
Shanghai International Circuit 1 · 6 · P1 2 · 5 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 7 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 2 · 5 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 7 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Sepang International Circuit 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Suzuka Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Yas Marina Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 3 · P2 2 · 2 · P1
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 8 · P2 1 · 3 · P1
Hungaroring 1 · 9 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 4 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit of the Americas 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 2 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 3 · P3 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 2 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 2 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Istanbul Park 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Baku City Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Valencia Street Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Fuji Speedway 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P11
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P11
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P9
Korean International Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P7
Buddh International Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P2
Team history
Kimi Räikkönen
MCL
FER
FER
ALF
Sauber 2001McLaren 2002–2006Ferrari 2007–2009Lotus F1 2012–2013Ferrari 2014–2018Alfa Romeo 2019–2021
Nico Rosberg
WIL
MER
Williams 2006–2009Mercedes 2010–2016
20012021
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).