Milestones & racecraft
2007
Debut season
1980
2007 · aged 22
First win
1981 · aged 26
2007
First pole
1981
2008 · aged 23
First title
1985 · aged 30
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-3.3
Career totals
Lewis Hamilton
Alain Prost
Championships
7
4
Wins
106
51
Poles
104
33
Podiums
207
106
Fastest laps
69
0
Career points
5,096.5
798.5
Starts
390
202
Rate-adjusted · per start
Lewis Hamilton
Alain Prost
Win rate
27.2%
25.2%
Podium rate
53.1%
52.5%
Pole rate
26.7%
16.3%
Points / start
13.1
4.0
Avg grid
P4.7
P4.2
Avg finish
P5.2
P7.5
Finish rate
92.3%
73.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Championship record
7
World titles
4
3
Runner-up
4
12
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Season points trajectory
Lewis Hamilton
Alain Prost
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Lewis Hamilton | Alain Prost |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 9 · 16 · P1 | 5 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 7 · 11 · P1 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 7 · 13 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 8 · 12 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 5 · 8 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 · 11 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 3 · 8 · P1 | 4 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 2 · 4 · P1 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 2 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 4 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 3 · 7 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
Team history
Lewis Hamilton
Alain Prost
19802026
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).