Lewis Hamilton vs Heikki Kovalainen

Team-mates 2008 to 2009. Compare with someone else

Race by race as team-mates

Lewis Hamilton Heikki Kovalainen neither classified. Top row: race, 23–11. Bottom row: qualifying or grid, 25–10. Hover or tap a tile for the race.

2008

2009

Career totals

Lewis Hamilton		Heikki Kovalainen
20	Seasons	7
397	Starts	111
106	Wins	1
26.7	Win rate %	0.9
107	Poles	1
208	Podiums	4
52.4	Podium rate %	3.6
69	Fastest laps	2
5,247.5	Points	105
13.22	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	–	1,529	–
200	58	–	111	–	2,460	–
250	84	–	151	–	3,431	–
300	103	–	187	–	4,289.5	–
350	105	–	201	–	4,777.5	–

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

Career curves: after the same number of starts

Cumulative wins and podiums after the same number of race starts. Hover or tap for a point in each career.