Championship record
3
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
2
6
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Nelson Piquet
Nico Rosberg
Championships
3
1
Wins
23
23
Poles
24
30
Podiums
60
57
Fastest laps
0
20
Career points
485.5
1,594.5
Starts
205
206
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nelson Piquet
Nico Rosberg
Win rate
11.2%
11.2%
Podium rate
29.3%
27.7%
Pole rate
11.7%
14.6%
Points / start
2.4
7.7
Avg grid
P6.7
P6.9
Avg finish
P9.8
P8.3
Finish rate
61%
85.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Nelson Piquet
Nico Rosberg
Overtakes
0
1,583
Overtakes / race
0.0
7.9
Places lost
0
1,574
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
Nelson Piquet
Nico Rosberg
Mechanical retirements
51
15
Crash retirements
28
14
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1978
Debut season
2006
1980 · aged 27
First win
2012 · aged 26
1980
First pole
2012
1981 · aged 29
First title
2016 · aged 31
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.1
Avg places gained
-1.3
Season points trajectory
Nelson Piquet
Nico Rosberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Nelson Piquet | Nico Rosberg |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 3 · P2 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 4 · P2 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P5 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
Team history
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
Nico Rosberg
19782016
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).