Championship record
3
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
6
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Nelson Piquet
Phil Hill
Championships
3
1
Wins
23
3
Poles
24
6
Podiums
60
16
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
485.5
98
Starts
205
51
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nelson Piquet
Phil Hill
Win rate
11.2%
5.9%
Podium rate
29.3%
31.4%
Pole rate
11.7%
11.8%
Points / start
2.4
1.9
Avg grid
P6.7
P9.0
Avg finish
P9.8
P9.1
Finish rate
61%
70.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Nelson Piquet
Phil Hill
Mechanical retirements
51
11
Crash retirements
28
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: 1 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1978
Debut season
1958
1980 · aged 27
First win
1960 · aged 33
1980
First pole
1960
1981 · aged 29
First title
1961 · aged 34
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.1
Avg places gained
+0.9
Season points trajectory
Nelson Piquet
Phil Hill
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Nelson Piquet | Phil Hill |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Brands Hatch | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
Phil Hill
Ferrari 1958Maserati 1958Ferrari 1959–1960Cooper-Climax 1960Ferrari 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963ATS 1963Cooper-Climax 1964
19581991
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).