Championship record
1
World titles
3
0
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Mike Hawthorn
Niki Lauda
Championships
1
3
Wins
3
25
Poles
4
24
Podiums
17
54
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
124.64
420.5
Starts
46
173
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mike Hawthorn
Niki Lauda
Win rate
6.5%
14.5%
Podium rate
37%
31.2%
Pole rate
8.7%
13.9%
Points / start
2.7
2.4
Avg grid
P5.8
P8.4
Avg finish
P7.1
P10.8
Finish rate
73.9%
56.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Mike Hawthorn
Niki Lauda
Mechanical retirements
10
54
Crash retirements
1
19
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1952
Debut season
1971
1953 · aged 24
First win
1974 · aged 25
1958
First pole
1974
1958 · aged 29
First title
1975 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.2
Avg places gained
-2.3
Season points trajectory
Mike Hawthorn
Niki Lauda
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Mike Hawthorn | Niki Lauda |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Mike Hawthorn
Niki Lauda
March-Ford 1971March 1972BRM 1973Ferrari 1974–1977Brabham 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979McLaren 1982–1985
19521985
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).