Lewis Hamilton vs Heikki Kovalainen

Team-mates 2008 to 2009. Compare with someone else

Career totals

Lewis Hamilton		Heikki Kovalainen
20	Seasons	7
395	Starts	111
106	Wins	1
26.8	Win rate %	0.9
107	Poles	1
207	Podiums	4
52.4	Podium rate %	3.6
69	Fastest laps	2
5217.5	Points	105
13.21	Points per start	0.95
28	Retirements	20
7	World titles	0
1	Best championship	7

As team-mates: 35 races

Lewis Hamilton		Heikki Kovalainen
23	Finished ahead	11
25	Started ahead (grid)	10
7	Wins	1
15	Podiums	3
147	Points	75

Season by season as team-mates

Season	Races	Race head-to-head	Grid head-to-head	Points
2008	18	12–6	13–5	98–53
2009	17	11–5	12–5	49–22

Head-to-head counts races both drivers started for the same team. A driver who finished ahead of a retired team-mate counts as ahead. Grid head-to-head uses the starting grid, so penalties are included.

All shared races: 111

Across every race both drivers started, for any team: Lewis Hamilton finished ahead 85 times, Heikki Kovalainen 24 times. Grid: 98–13. Wins in those races: 21–1. Points: 927–105.

After the same number of starts

Starts	Lewis Hamilton wins	Heikki Kovalainen wins	Lewis Hamilton podiums	Heikki Kovalainen podiums	Lewis Hamilton points	Heikki Kovalainen points
10	2	0	9	0	70	15
25	6	0	16	2	147	50
50	11	1	26	4	250	105
75	15	1	38	4	555	105
100	18	1	46	4	815	105
150	34	–	72	–	1529	–
200	58	–	111	–	2460	–
250	84	–	151	–	3431	–
300	103	–	187	–	4289.5	–
350	105	–	201	–	4777.5	–

Points are under the system of each era, so they compare drivers of the same era best.