Valtteri Bottas vs Lewis Hamilton

2020·

Lewis Hamilton beat Valtteri Bottas 12–4 on race day and 11–5 in qualifying at Mercedes in 2020. Lewis Hamilton scored 347 points to 219.

Valtteri BottasLewis Hamilton

5Qualifying11

16 shared races

4Race day12

16 shared races

219Points347

in shared races, as awarded at the time

217Points (today’s rules)341

in shared races, rescored 25-18-15…

Wins: 2/11
Podiums: 11/14
Poles: 4/10
Retirements: 1/0
Best finish: P1/P1
Avg. grid: 2.4/1.9

Race by race

Round-by-round comparison of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Valtteri Bottas	Lewis Hamilton	Points
1	1Austrian Grand Prix	1/5	P1	P4	25 / 12
2	2Styrian Grand Prix	4/1	P2	P1	18 / 25
3	3Hungarian Grand Prix	2/1	P3	P1	15 / 26
4	4British Grand Prix	2/1	P11▼	P1	0 / 25
5	570th Anniversary Grand Prix	1/2	P3	P2	15 / 19
6	6Spanish Grand Prix	2/1	P3	P1	16 / 25
7	7Belgian Grand Prix	2/1	P2	P1	18 / 25
8	8Italian Grand Prix	2/1	P5	P7▼	10 / 7
9	9Tuscan Grand Prix	2/1	P2	P1	18 / 26
10	10Russian Grand Prix	3/1	P1	P3	26 / 15
11	11Eifel Grand Prix	1/2	Power Unit	P1	0 / 25
12	12Portuguese Grand Prix	2/1	P2	P1	18 / 26
13	13Emilia Romagna Grand Prix	1/2	P2	P1	18 / 26
14	14Turkish Grand Prix	9/6	P14▼	P1	0 / 25
15	15Bahrain Grand Prix	2/1	P8	P1	4 / 25
17	17Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	2/3	P2	P3	18 / 15
	Average finish		P4.1	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
2019	Mercedes	Valtteri Bottas vs Lewis Hamilton	8–13	6–15	326–413
2018	Mercedes	Valtteri Bottas vs Lewis Hamilton	6–15	3–18	247–408
2017	Mercedes	Valtteri Bottas vs Lewis Hamilton	7–13	8–12	305–363

Valtteri Bottas’s career Lewis Hamilton’s career Mercedes 2020 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 Entries that did not qualify, did not pre-qualify or were withdrawn are excluded, as are cars that never left the grid or the garage, and the Indianapolis 500 of 1950–1960.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.