Championship record
7
World titles
3
3
Runner-up
1
12
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Lewis Hamilton
Nelson Piquet
Championships
7
3
Wins
106
23
Poles
104
24
Podiums
207
60
Fastest laps
69
0
Career points
5,096.5
485.5
Starts
390
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
Lewis Hamilton
Nelson Piquet
Win rate
27.2%
11.2%
Podium rate
53.1%
29.3%
Pole rate
26.7%
11.7%
Points / start
13.1
2.4
Avg grid
P4.7
P6.7
Avg finish
P5.2
P9.8
Finish rate
92.3%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Lewis Hamilton
Nelson Piquet
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
Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
10
51
Crash retirements
14
28
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
1978
2007 · aged 22
First win
1980 · aged 27
2007
First pole
1980
2008 · aged 23
First title
1981 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
Lewis Hamilton
Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Lewis Hamilton | Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 7 · 11 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 8 · 12 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 9 · 16 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 5 · 8 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 7 · 13 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 · 11 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 4 · 7 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 3 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 2 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 3 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 2 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
Team history
Lewis Hamilton
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
19782026
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).