Championship record
1
World titles
3
2
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Kimi Räikkönen
Niki Lauda
Championships
1
3
Wins
21
25
Poles
18
24
Podiums
103
54
Fastest laps
42
0
Career points
1,873
420.5
Starts
352
173
Rate-adjusted · per start
Kimi Räikkönen
Niki Lauda
Win rate
6%
14.5%
Podium rate
29.3%
31.2%
Pole rate
5.1%
13.9%
Points / start
5.3
2.4
Avg grid
P7.6
P8.4
Avg finish
P8.5
P10.8
Finish rate
81.2%
56.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Kimi Räikkönen
Niki Lauda
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
Niki Lauda
Mechanical retirements
45
54
Crash retirements
21
19
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
2001
Debut season
1971
2003 · aged 23
First win
1974 · aged 25
2003
First pole
1974
2007 · aged 28
First title
1975 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.8
Avg places gained
-2.3
Season points trajectory
Kimi Räikkönen
Niki Lauda
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Kimi Räikkönen | Niki Lauda |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 4 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 7 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 3 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P3 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
Team history
Kimi Räikkönen
Sauber 2001McLaren 2002–2006Ferrari 2007–2009Lotus F1 2012–2013Ferrari 2014–2018Alfa Romeo 2019–2021
Niki Lauda
March-Ford 1971March 1972BRM 1973Ferrari 1974–1977Brabham 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979McLaren 1982–1985
19712021
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).