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Niki Lauda

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austrian1971โ€“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 ยท 14.8% of starts
Podiums
54
16th all-time ยท 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 โ€“ 103 1973โ€“76 ยท 55 races ยท ahead on the results sheet 29โ€“26
John Watson 86 โ€“ 75 1978โ€“83 ยท 41 races ยท ahead on the results sheet 23โ€“18
Alain Prost 83 โ€“ 140.5 1984โ€“85 ยท 29 races ยท ahead on the results sheet 11โ€“18
Carlos Reutemann 75 โ€“ 36 1976โ€“77 ยท 16 races ยท ahead on the results sheet 12โ€“4
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Jean-Pierre Beltoise 2 โ€“ 7 1973 ยท 14 races ยท ahead on the results sheet 6โ€“8
Nelson Piquet 4 โ€“ 3 1978โ€“79 ยท 14 races ยท ahead on the results sheet 7โ€“7
Ronnie Peterson 0 โ€“ 12 1971โ€“72 ยท 12 races ยท ahead on the results sheet 1โ€“11
Carlos Pace 0 โ€“ 3 1972 ยท 10 races ยท ahead on the results sheet 6โ€“4
Mike Beuttler 0 โ€“ 0 1971โ€“72 ยท 9 races ยท ahead on the results sheet 3โ€“6
Henri Pescarolo 0 โ€“ 1 1971โ€“72 ยท 8 races ยท ahead on the results sheet 3โ€“5
Rolf Stommelen 0 โ€“ 0 1972 ยท 8 races ยท ahead on the results sheet 3โ€“5
Skip Barber 0 โ€“ 0 1972 ยท 1 races ยท ahead on the results sheet 0โ€“1
Peter Gethin 0 โ€“ 0 1973 ยท 1 races ยท ahead on the results sheet 1โ€“0

Best circuits

By wins
3 Circuit Park Zandvoort 10 starts ยท avg finish 6.9 Won 1974, 1977, 1985 3 Brands Hatch 7 starts ยท avg finish 6.1 Won 1976, 1982, 1984 3 Kyalami 12 starts ยท avg finish 8.3 Won 1976, 1977, 1984 2 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 12 starts ยท avg finish 9.4 Won 1978, 1984 2 Circuit de Monaco 11 starts ยท 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 โ†’ 211 (1st โ†’ 2nd). Replay 1984 in the calculator โ†’

  • 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.