Championship record
1
World titles
3
1
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Lando Norris
Niki Lauda
Championships
1
3
Wins
11
25
Poles
16
24
Podiums
46
54
Fastest laps
20
0
Career points
1,421
420.5
Starts
162
173
Rate-adjusted · per start
Lando Norris
Niki Lauda
Win rate
6.8%
14.5%
Podium rate
28.4%
31.2%
Pole rate
9.9%
13.9%
Points / start
8.8
2.4
Avg grid
P6.5
P8.4
Avg finish
P7.4
P10.8
Finish rate
93.8%
56.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Lando Norris
Niki Lauda
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
Niki Lauda
Mechanical retirements
4
54
Crash retirements
3
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: 3 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
2019
Debut season
1971
2024 · aged 24
First win
1974 · aged 25
2021
First pole
1974
2025 · aged 26
First title
1975 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.8
Avg places gained
-2.3
Season points trajectory
Lando Norris
Niki Lauda
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Lando Norris | Niki Lauda |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 3 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
Team history
Lando Norris
McLaren 2019–2026
Niki Lauda
March-Ford 1971March 1972BRM 1973Ferrari 1974–1977Brabham 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979McLaren 1982–1985
19712026
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).