As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.160s
Lewis Hamilton faster by the median gap over 99 sessions
2017
−0.293s
19
2018
−0.160s
21
2019
−0.086s
21
2020
−0.086s
16
2021
−0.198s
22
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
215
—
41
256 shared
Qualifying H2H
205
—
49
254 shared
Championship record
7
World titles
0
3
Runner-up
2
12
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings:
13 · 0
2024
P7
2013
P4
2014
P1
2015
P1
2016
P2
2017
P1
2018
P1
2019
P1
2020
P1
2021
P2
2022
P6
2023
P3
2026
P3
Teammate battle by season
12
8
2017
18
3
2018
15
6
2019
12
4
2020
18
4
2021
Career totals
Lewis Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas
Championships
7
0
Wins
106
10
Poles
104
20
Podiums
207
67
Fastest laps
69
19
Career points
5,096.5
1,788
Starts
390
257
Rate-adjusted · per start
Lewis Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas
Win rate
27.2%
3.9%
Podium rate
53.1%
26.1%
Pole rate
26.7%
7.8%
Points / start
13.1
7.0
Avg grid
P4.7
P8.5
Avg finish
P5.2
P9.3
Finish rate
92.3%
88.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Lewis Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas
Overtakes
2,424
1,883
Overtakes / race
6.3
7.4
Places lost
2,145
1,734
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
Valtteri Bottas
Mechanical retirements
10
11
Crash retirements
14
8
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 · 11
Milestones & racecraft
2007
Debut season
2013
2007 · aged 22
First win
2017 · aged 27
2007
First pole
2017
2008 · aged 23
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
Lewis Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 9 · 16 · P1 | 0 · 5 · P2 |
| Hungaroring | 8 · 12 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 7 · 13 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 7 · 11 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 5 · 7 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 5 · 10 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 6 · 10 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 5 · 9 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 5 · 11 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 · 11 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 5 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 4 · 7 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 2 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 4 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 2 · 10 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 3 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 3 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Istanbul Park | 2 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Baku City Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P16 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 1 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Jeddah Corniche Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Losail International Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Korean International Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| Miami International Autodrome | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Buddh International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P16 |
Team history
Lewis Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas
20072026
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).