Championship record
7
World titles
1
3
Runner-up
0
12
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Lewis Hamilton
Mario Andretti
Championships
7
1
Wins
106
12
Poles
104
18
Podiums
207
19
Fastest laps
69
0
Career points
5,096.5
180
Starts
390
128
Rate-adjusted · per start
Lewis Hamilton
Mario Andretti
Win rate
27.2%
9.4%
Podium rate
53.1%
14.8%
Pole rate
26.7%
14.1%
Points / start
13.1
1.4
Avg grid
P4.7
P8.6
Avg finish
P5.2
P12.5
Finish rate
92.3%
49.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Lewis Hamilton
Mario Andretti
Overtakes
2,424
0
Overtakes / race
6.3
0.0
Places lost
2,145
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
Lewis Hamilton
Mario Andretti
Mechanical retirements
10
49
Crash retirements
14
16
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: 6 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
2007
Debut season
1968
2007 · aged 22
First win
1971 · aged 31
2007
First pole
1968
2008 · aged 23
First title
1978 · aged 38
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-3.9
Season points trajectory
Lewis Hamilton
Mario Andretti
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Lewis Hamilton | Mario Andretti |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 9 · 16 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 7 · 11 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 5 · 8 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 3 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 3 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 2 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 2 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Fuji Speedway | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Lewis Hamilton
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford 1968–1969March 1970Ferrari 1971–1972Parnelli 1974–1975Team Lotus 1976Parnelli 1976Team Lotus 1977–1980Alfa Romeo 1981Ferrari 1982Williams 1982
19682026
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).