Championship record
1
World titles
3
1
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Lando Norris
Nelson Piquet
Championships
1
3
Wins
11
23
Poles
16
24
Podiums
46
60
Fastest laps
20
0
Career points
1,421
485.5
Starts
162
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
Lando Norris
Nelson Piquet
Win rate
6.8%
11.2%
Podium rate
28.4%
29.3%
Pole rate
9.9%
11.7%
Points / start
8.8
2.4
Avg grid
P6.5
P6.7
Avg finish
P7.4
P9.8
Finish rate
93.8%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Lando Norris
Nelson Piquet
Overtakes
1,156
0
Overtakes / race
7.2
0.0
Places lost
1,096
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
Lando Norris
Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
4
51
Crash retirements
3
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: 3 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2019
Debut season
1978
2024 · aged 24
First win
1980 · aged 27
2021
First pole
1980
2025 · aged 26
First title
1981 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.8
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
Lando Norris
Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Lando Norris | Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 3 · P2 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 4 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
Team history
Lando Norris
McLaren 2019–2026
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
19782026
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).