Championship record
1
World titles
3
0
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Mike Hawthorn
Nelson Piquet
Championships
1
3
Wins
3
23
Poles
4
24
Podiums
17
60
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
124.64
485.5
Starts
46
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mike Hawthorn
Nelson Piquet
Win rate
6.5%
11.2%
Podium rate
37%
29.3%
Pole rate
8.7%
11.7%
Points / start
2.7
2.4
Avg grid
P5.8
P6.7
Avg finish
P7.1
P9.8
Finish rate
73.9%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Mike Hawthorn
Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
10
51
Crash retirements
1
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: 1 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1952
Debut season
1978
1953 · aged 24
First win
1980 · aged 27
1958
First pole
1980
1958 · aged 29
First title
1981 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.2
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
Mike Hawthorn
Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Mike Hawthorn | Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 2 · P2 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 2 · P3 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
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).