Championship record
7
World titles
1
3
Runner-up
0
12
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Lewis Hamilton
Mike Hawthorn
Championships
7
1
Wins
106
3
Poles
104
4
Podiums
207
17
Fastest laps
69
0
Career points
5,096.5
124.64
Starts
390
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Lewis Hamilton
Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
27.2%
6.5%
Podium rate
53.1%
37%
Pole rate
26.7%
8.7%
Points / start
13.1
2.7
Avg grid
P4.7
P5.8
Avg finish
P5.2
P7.1
Finish rate
92.3%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Lewis Hamilton
Mike Hawthorn
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
Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
10
10
Crash retirements
14
1
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
1952
2007 · aged 22
First win
1953 · aged 24
2007
First pole
1958
2008 · aged 23
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
Lewis Hamilton
Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Lewis Hamilton | Mike Hawthorn |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 9 · 16 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 · 11 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 5 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 3 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
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).