Head to head

Pick any two drivers from the whole history of the sport and compare their careers.

Career

Championships

Seasons

Race starts

16.2

Starts per seasonA modern season is 22-24 races; the 1950s ran 7.

17.2

Race

Wins

30%

Win rate

3.4%

Podiums

50%

Podium rate

21%

Fastest laps

1,566

Career points

658

5.1

Points per startScoring systems have changed repeatedly, so this compares eras loosely at best.

2.0

RetirementsCars finished far less often before the 1990s.

Qualifying

Poles

116

Front rows

161/192

Top tens

132/226

4.9

Average grid

8.9

SprintSprints began in 2021, so anyone who raced before then shows nothing here.

Sprint starts

Sprint wins

Sprint podiums