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🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton

#44
Racing driver from United Kingdom. Formula 1, Ferrari. Nine-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Lewis Hamilton
Born
7 January 1985(b. 1985)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Ferrari
Series
Formula 1
Status
Active
Championships
92005, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Career wins
128
Career podiums
244
Career starts
449
Career DNFs
32
Racer Rating
8,638
Lewis Hamilton
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
8,638
Rank 5 of 38,983 indexed, +580 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Lewis Hamilton is a racing driver from United Kingdom who competes in Formula 1 for Ferrari. Hamilton is a nine-time champion (2005, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020), with 128 wins and 244 podiums from 449 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 8,638 ranks Hamilton fifth of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFITAAZESINUSAMEXBRAUSAQATUAEAUSCHNJPNUSACANMONESPAUTGBRBELHUN
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-07-26HungaroringFormula 1P5+21
2026-07-19Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsFormula 1P4+37
2026-07-05Silverstone CircuitFormula 1P3+54
2026-06-28Red Bull RingFormula 1P5+26
2026-06-14Circuit de Barcelona-CatalunyaFormula 1P1+87
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+128Norisring 2004Formula 3 Euro SeriesP1
+113Hungaroring 2009Formula 1P1
+112Marina Bay Street Circuit 2009Formula 1P1
+108Circuit of the Americas 2012Formula 1P1
+98Sepang International Circuit 2014Formula 1P1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Silverstone Circuit21 starts+23
Norisring4 starts+19
Bahrain International Circuit18 starts+17
Korean International Circuit4 starts+17
Struggles
Losail International Circuit4 starts-36
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps20 starts-27
Autódromo José Carlos Pace18 starts-18
Circuit Park Zandvoort5 starts-17
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026â–¸Formula 1Ferrari111500151P2+5808,638
2025▸Formula 1Ferrari240030135P6−4978,058
2024▸Formula 1Mercedes242520207P7−1878,556
2023▸Formula 1Mercedes220611217P3−4598,743
2022▸Formula 1Mercedes220910233P4−8409,202
2021▸Formula 1Mercedes2281715386P2−22810,042
2020â–¸Formula 1Mercedes161114010347P1+21210,122
2019â–¸Formula 1Mercedes21111705413P1+18710,137
2018â–¸Formula 1Mercedes211117111408P1+19810,091
2017â–¸Formula 1Mercedes20913011363P1+2189,582
2016â–¸Formula 1Mercedes211017212380P2+1409,563
2015â–¸Formula 1Mercedes191017111381P1+5339,249
2014â–¸Formula 1Mercedes19111637384P1+6889,169
2013â–¸Formula 1Mercedes191515189P4+5098,094
2012▸Formula 1McLaren204757190P4−4457,585
2011â–¸Formula 1McLaren193631227P5+1058,029
2010â–¸Formula 1McLaren193931240P4+4037,924
2009▸Formula 1McLaren17253449P5−7297,521
2008â–¸Formula 1McLaren185101798P1+2338,251
2007â–¸Formula 1McLaren1741216109P2+7068,018
2006â–¸GP2 SeriesART Grand Prix20514010P1+3817,311
2005â–¸Formula 3 Euro SeriesASM Formule 31815170110P1+9576,930
2004▸Formula 3 Euro SeriesManor Motorsport1715010P4↑179+7275,973
▸Formula 3 MacauManor Motorsport211010—−4
2003▸Formula 3 MacauManor Motorsport100000—+3,7215,071
Recent coverage
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Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Hamilton finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇪🇸 Fernando AlonsoFIA Platinum6,64835123811368%
🇩🇪 Sebastian VettelFIA Platinum6,88431720611165%
🇲🇽 Sergio PérezFIA Platinum6,8082932345980%
🇩🇪 Nico HülkenbergFIA Platinum6,6672652362989%
🇫🇮 Valtteri BottasFIA Platinum5,7992572164184%
🇦🇺 Daniel RicciardoFIA Platinum6,7352562193786%
🇫🇮 Kimi RäikkönenFIA Platinum6,4292461866076%
🇳🇱 Max VerstappenFIA Platinum8,72424313510856%
🇪🇸 Carlos SainzFIA Platinum7,0042421905279%
🇩🇪 Nico RosbergFIA Platinum7,9002011297264%
🇬🇧 Lando NorrisFIA Platinum, 4× champion8,775162966659%
🇬🇧 George RussellFIA Platinum, 3× champion8,7611621016162%
🇲🇨 Charles LeclercFIA Platinum, 2× champion8,6651831117261%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
1🇬🇧 Lando NorrisFormula 18,775
2🇬🇧 George RussellFormula 18,761
3🇳🇱 Max VerstappenFormula 18,724
4🇲🇨 Charles LeclercFormula 18,665
5🇬🇧 Lewis HamiltonFormula 18,638
6🇦🇺 Oscar PiastriFormula 18,457
7🇮🇹 Andrea Kimi AntonelliFormula 18,098
8🇩🇪 Nico RosbergFormula 17,900
9🇯🇵 Alex PalouIndyCar7,659
10🇫🇷 Isack HadjarFormula 17,437
11🇺🇸 Denny HamlinNASCAR Cup Series7,381
12🇳🇿 Liam LawsonFormula 17,300
13🇺🇸 Ryan BlaneyNASCAR Cup Series7,083
14🇲🇽 Pato O'WardIndyCar7,024
15🇫🇷 Pierre GaslyFormula 17,018
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Lewis Hamilton is a generational-level driver, rated 8,638 and ranked fifth among active drivers on this index, competing in Formula 1, an international single-class championship raced solo. He holds an FIA Platinum categorisation, the top grade in that scale. He currently races for Ferrari.[1]

Hamilton's record runs from Formula 3 Macau in 2003 through 2026. He won the 2005 Formula 3 Euro Series title with ASM Formule 3 after two seasons that produced sixteen wins from thirty-five starts, then stepped up to GP2 in 2006 and took the title at first attempt with ART Grand Prix, winning five of twenty rounds. In Formula 1 since 2007 he has taken 106 wins and 207 podiums from 391 starts, with championships in 2008 (McLaren) and in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 (Mercedes), the bulk of that spell built at Mercedes across 246 of those starts for a team that has itself won frequently and fielded George Russell alongside him.[2]

Among the drivers he meets most often, he regularly finishes ahead of Fernando Alonso, a Platinum-graded champion of the 2005 and 2006 Formula 1 titles and the 2018 WEC LMP1 championship, and is closely matched with Sebastian Vettel, a four-time Formula 1 champion also graded Platinum. He has also finished ahead of Lando Norris and George Russell, both generational-rated Platinum drivers and Formula 1 champions in their own right, on dozens of occasions across shared grids.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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