Niki Lauda

Austrian · 1971–1985
VS

Phil Hill

American · 1958–1964
Championship record
3
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
4
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Niki Lauda Phil Hill
Championships
3
1
Wins
25
3
Poles
24
6
Podiums
54
16
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
420.5
98
Starts
173
51
Rate-adjusted · per start
Niki Lauda Phil Hill
Win rate
14.5%
5.9%
Podium rate
31.2%
31.4%
Pole rate
13.9%
11.8%
Points / start
2.4
1.9
Avg grid
P8.4
P9.0
Avg finish
P10.8
P9.1
Finish rate
56.1%
70.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Niki Lauda Phil Hill
Mechanical retirements
54
11
Crash retirements
19
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: 3 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1971
Debut season
1958
1974 · aged 25
First win
1960 · aged 33
1974
First pole
1960
1975 · aged 26
First title
1961 · aged 34
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.3
Avg places gained
+0.9
Season points trajectory
1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982
Niki Lauda Phil Hill
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Niki Lauda Phil Hill
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 4 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 3 · 6 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Brands Hatch 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Monaco 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Watkins Glen 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P8
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P7
Team history
Niki Lauda
FER
MCL
March-Ford 1971March 1972BRM 1973Ferrari 1974–1977Brabham 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979McLaren 1982–1985
Phil Hill
Ferrari 1958Maserati 1958Ferrari 1959–1960Cooper-Climax 1960Ferrari 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963ATS 1963Cooper-Climax 1964
19581985
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).