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Niki Lauda

🇦🇹 Austrian1971–1985

Three-time World Champion (1975, 1977, 1984). Won 25 of 169 starts across 13 seasons, and outscored Clay Regazzoni over 55 races together.

Titles
3
=6th all-time
Wins
25
=10th all-time · 14.8% of starts
Podiums
54
=15th all-time · 32.0% of starts
Career points
420.5
as scored at the time
Starts
169
13 seasons, 7 teams

Ranks are all-time since 1958.

Championship finish by season

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Against Lauda's teammates

Points in races together
Clay Regazzoni 163.5 – 103 1973–76 · 55 races · ahead on the results sheet 29–26
John Watson 86 – 75 1978–83 · 41 races · ahead on the results sheet 23–18
Alain Prost 83 – 140.5 1984–85 · 29 races · ahead on the results sheet 11–18
Carlos Reutemann 75 – 36 1976–77 · 16 races · ahead on the results sheet 12–4
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Jean-Pierre Beltoise 2 – 7 1973 · 14 races · ahead on the results sheet 6–8
Nelson Piquet 4 – 3 1978–79 · 14 races · ahead on the results sheet 7–7
Ronnie Peterson 0 – 12 1971–72 · 12 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–11
Carlos Pace 0 – 3 1972 · 10 races · ahead on the results sheet 6–4
Mike Beuttler 0 – 0 1971–72 · 9 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–6
Henri Pescarolo 0 – 1 1971–72 · 8 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–5
Rolf Stommelen 0 – 0 1972 · 8 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–5
Skip Barber 0 – 0 1972 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Peter Gethin 0 – 0 1973 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0

Best circuits

By wins
3 Circuit Park Zandvoort 10 starts · avg finish 6.9 Won 1974, 1977, 1985 3 Brands Hatch 7 starts · avg finish 6.1 Won 1976, 1982, 1984 3 Kyalami 12 starts · avg finish 8.3 Won 1976, 1977, 1984 2 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 12 starts · avg finish 9.4 Won 1978, 1984 2 Circuit de Monaco 11 starts · avg finish 9.5 Won 1975, 1976

Milestones

Debut
1971 Austrian GP March-Ford
First points
1973 Belgian GP 5th
First podium
1974 Argentine GP 2nd
First win
1974 Spanish GP 30th career start
Best run
3 wins in a row 1975
Best season
5 wins 1975
Last win
1985 Dutch GP McLaren
Final start
1985 Australian GP McLaren

Under today's points system

25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, scored by the calculator
420.5 1,325 +904.5

Career points re-scored with today's table. 1984: 72 → 211 (1st → 2nd). Replay 1984 in the calculator →

  • 1976: would have been champion (was 2nd)
  • 1984: would have finished 2nd instead of winning the title

All seasons

Points as counted for the championship
Year Team Pos Pts Wins Podiums Teammate
1985 McLaren 10 14 1 1 Alain Prost
1984 McLaren 1 72 5 9 Alain Prost
1983 McLaren 10 12 0 2 John Watson
1982 McLaren 5 30 2 3 John Watson
1979 Brabham-Alfa Romeo 14 4 0 0 Nelson Piquet
1978 Brabham 4 44 2 7 John Watson, Nelson Piquet
1977 Ferrari 1 72 3 10 Carlos Reutemann
1976 Ferrari 2 68 5 9 Clay Regazzoni, Carlos Reutemann
1975 Ferrari 1 64.5 5 8 Clay Regazzoni
1974 Ferrari 4 38 2 5 Clay Regazzoni
1973 BRM 17 2 0 0 Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Clay Regazzoni
1972 March 23 0 0 0 Ronnie Peterson, Carlos Pace
1971 March-Ford 40 0 0 0 Henri Pescarolo, Ronnie Peterson

Starts count Grands Prix with a classified result, sprints excluded. Figures cover the World Championship from 1958.