Lewis Hamilton

British · 2007–2026
VS

Phil Hill

American · 1958–1964
Championship record
7
World titles
1
3
Runner-up
0
12
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Lewis Hamilton Phil Hill
Championships
7
1
Wins
106
3
Poles
104
6
Podiums
207
16
Fastest laps
69
0
Career points
5,096.5
98
Starts
390
51
Rate-adjusted · per start
Lewis Hamilton Phil Hill
Win rate
27.2%
5.9%
Podium rate
53.1%
31.4%
Pole rate
26.7%
11.8%
Points / start
13.1
1.9
Avg grid
P4.7
P9.0
Avg finish
P5.2
P9.1
Finish rate
92.3%
70.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Lewis Hamilton Phil Hill
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 Phil Hill
Mechanical retirements
10
11
Crash retirements
14
3
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
1958
2007 · aged 22
First win
1960 · aged 33
2007
First pole
1960
2008 · aged 23
First title
1961 · aged 34
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
+0.9
Season points trajectory
1958 1967 1976 1985 1994 2003 2012 2021
Lewis Hamilton Phil Hill
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Lewis Hamilton Phil Hill
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 9 · 16 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 5 · 8 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 5 · 11 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 3 · 8 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 2 · 6 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Team history
Lewis Hamilton
MER
McLaren 2007–2012Mercedes 2013–2024Ferrari 2025–2026
Phil Hill
Ferrari 1958Maserati 1958Ferrari 1959–1960Cooper-Climax 1960Ferrari 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963ATS 1963Cooper-Climax 1964
19582026
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).