Valtteri Bottas vs Lewis Hamilton

2018·

Lewis Hamilton beat Valtteri Bottas 18–3 on race day and 15–6 in qualifying at Mercedes in 2018. Lewis Hamilton scored 408 points to 247.

Valtteri BottasLewis Hamilton

6Qualifying15

21 shared races

3Race day18

21 shared races

247Points408

in shared races, as awarded at the time

Wins: 0/11
Podiums: 8/17
Poles: 2/11
Retirements: 2/1
Best finish: P2/P1
Avg. grid: 4.1/2.7

Race by race

Round-by-round comparison of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Valtteri Bottas	Lewis Hamilton	Points
1	1Australian Grand Prix	15/1	P8▼	P2	4 / 18
2	2Bahrain Grand Prix	3/9	P2	P3	18 / 15
3	3Chinese Grand Prix	3/4	P2	P4	18 / 12
4	4Azerbaijan Grand Prix	3/2	Puncture	P1	0 / 25
5	5Spanish Grand Prix	2/1	P2	P1	18 / 25
6	6Monaco Grand Prix	5/3	P5	P3	10 / 15
7	7Canadian Grand Prix	2/4	P2	P5	18 / 10
8	8French Grand Prix	2/1	P7	P1	6 / 25
9	9Austrian Grand Prix	1/2	Hydraulics	Fuel pressure	0 / 0
10	10British Grand Prix	4/1	P4	P2	12 / 18
11	11German Grand Prix	2/14	P2	P1	18 / 25
12	12Hungarian Grand Prix	2/1	P5	P1	10 / 25
13	13Belgian Grand Prix	19/1	P4	P2	12 / 18
14	14Italian Grand Prix	4/3	P3	P1	15 / 25
15	15Singapore Grand Prix	4/1	P4	P1	12 / 25
16	16Russian Grand Prix	1/2	P2	P1	18 / 25
17	17Japanese Grand Prix	2/1	P2	P1	18 / 25
18	18United States Grand Prix	3/1	P5	P3	10 / 15
19	19Mexican Grand Prix	5/3	P5	P4	10 / 12
20	20Brazilian Grand Prix	3/1	P5	P1	10 / 25
21	21Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	2/1	P5	P1	10 / 25
	Average finish		P3.9	P1.9

How to read this table

The driver ahead in a round is shown in bold, the other in grey. Grid shows Valtteri Bottas / Lewis Hamilton.
P1 a win,P3 a podium,DNF a retirement.
▲ a finish at least 4 places better than that driver’s own average finish this season (see the average row), ▼ at least 4places worse. Retirements are not counted in the average.

Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton in other seasons

Other seasons in which Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton were teammates
Season	Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
2021	Mercedes	Valtteri Bottas vs Lewis Hamilton	5–17	4–18	226–387.5
2020	Mercedes	Valtteri Bottas vs Lewis Hamilton	5–11	4–12	219–347
2019	Mercedes	Valtteri Bottas vs Lewis Hamilton	8–13	6–15	326–413
2017	Mercedes	Valtteri Bottas vs Lewis Hamilton	7–13	8–12	305–363

Valtteri Bottas’s career Lewis Hamilton’s career Mercedes 2018 season All teammate battles

How these numbers are calculated

Only races both drivers started are counted. Entries that did not qualify, did not pre-qualify or were withdrawn are excluded, as are cars that never left the grid or the garage, and the Indianapolis 500 of 1950–1960.
Until the mid-1960s drivers could share a car during a race. Each driver is compared from the car they started (which sets their grid position), with the best result of any car they drove and the points from all of them, as officially credited.
Qualifying is compared on grid position rather than session times. Session-by-session qualifying data only exists from 1994, while grid position is recorded for over 99% of entries right back to 1950 — including every race of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
On race day the driver classified ahead takes the round. If neither was classified, the one who completed more laps is credited; if both retired on the same lap it is scored as a tie and excluded from the tally.
Points are those awarded at the time and include sprint races from 2021. Where the season used an older system, a second points row rescores every round under the current system so seasons from different eras can be compared.
These are points scored in the races both drivers started, not their season totals: races either missed, or contested alongside a different teammate, are left out. Up to 1990 even full-season totals differ from the championship standings, because only a driver’s best results counted towards the title. In 1988 Alain Prost outscored Ayrton Senna 105 to 94 and still lost the championship. Theseason page has the final standings.