Lewis Hamilton vs Valtteri Bottas, 2021
Teammates at Mercedes — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 2021 season, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas raced together in 22 events. Hamilton outqualified Bottas 17 times and finished ahead of him in 14 races. Hamilton secured 8 race wins and earned 385.5 championship points, while Bottas achieved 1 win and 219 points, with their grids compared in 22 races and classified finishes in 17.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.17–5Qualifyingof 22 compared
14–3Race finishesof 17 compared
Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.
2021 season
2222
385.5219
81
1711
P1P1
3.15.6
2.85.0
14