Milestones & racecraft
2007
Debutto season
1960
2007 · aged 22
Prima vittoria
1962 · aged 26
2007
Prima pole
1962
2008 · aged 23
First title
1963 · aged 27
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-3.5
Career totals
Lewis Hamilton
Jim Clark
Championships
7
2
Vittorie
106
25
Pole
104
33
Podi
207
32
Fastest giri
69
0
Punti in carriera
5,096.5
274
Partenze
390
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
Lewis Hamilton
Jim Clark
Percentuale vittorie
27.2%
34.7%
Percentuale podi
53.1%
44.4%
Pole rate
26.7%
45.8%
Punti / start
13.1
3.8
Avg grid
P4.7
P3.6
Avg finish
P5.2
P7.1
Percentuale di arrivi
92.3%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Championship record
7
World titles
2
3
Runner-up
1
12
Top-3 finishes
5
P1
Best championship
P1
Stagione points trajectory
Lewis Hamilton
Jim Clark
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuito | Lewis Hamilton | Jim Clark |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuito | 9 · 16 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuito de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 · 11 · P1 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 5 · 8 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuito Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 4 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuito de Monaco | 3 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
Team history
Lewis Hamilton
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19602026
Basis
Head-to-head counts gare where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Compagno di squadra section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).