Championship record
7
World titles
2
3
Runner-up
1
12
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Lewis Hamilton
Mika Häkkinen
Championships
7
2
Wins
106
20
Poles
104
26
Podiums
207
51
Fastest laps
69
0
Career points
5,096.5
420
Starts
390
163
Rate-adjusted · per start
Lewis Hamilton
Mika Häkkinen
Win rate
27.2%
12.3%
Podium rate
53.1%
31.3%
Pole rate
26.7%
16%
Points / start
13.1
2.6
Avg grid
P4.7
P7.2
Avg finish
P5.2
P9.7
Finish rate
92.3%
65%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Lewis Hamilton
Mika Häkkinen
Overtakes
2,424
408
Overtakes / race
6.3
4.3
Places lost
2,145
379
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
Mika Häkkinen
Mechanical retirements
10
42
Crash retirements
14
14
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2007
Debut season
1991
2007 · aged 22
First win
1997 · aged 29
2007
First pole
1997
2008 · aged 23
First title
1998 · aged 30
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-2.5
Season points trajectory
Lewis Hamilton
Mika Häkkinen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Lewis Hamilton | Mika Häkkinen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 9 · 16 · P1 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 7 · 13 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 8 · 12 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 7 · 11 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 · 11 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 4 · 7 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 5 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 3 · 7 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 3 · 8 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 2 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 2 · 10 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 1 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
Team history
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).