Driver · Austria · born
Niki Lauda
Survived catastrophic burns at the Nurburgring in 1976 and returned six weeks later. Later non-executive chairman of Mercedes, where he recruited Hamilton.
- Seasons
- 1971–198513 with an entry
- Entries
- 176
- Starts
- 1715 did not start
- Wins
- 25
- Podiums
- 54
- Poles
- 24
- Fastest laps
- 24
- Titles
- 31975, 1977, 1984
- Best finish
- P1
Where each championship finished
Final championship position by season, ringed for a title. No dot: not in the final standings, or excluded. The dots are not in team colours: no season on this record has one.
Season by season
| Season | Constructor | Entries | Wins | Podiums | Poles | FL | Best | Championship | Points scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | McLaren | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | P1 | 10 | 14 |
| 1984 | McLaren | 16 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | P1 | 1 | 72 |
| 1983 | McLaren | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | P2 | 10 | 12 |
| 1982 | McLaren | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | P1 | 5 | 30 |
| 1979 | Brabham | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | 14 | 4 |
| 1978 | Brabham | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | P1 | 4 | 44 |
| 1977 | Ferrari | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | P1 | 1 | 72 |
| 1976 | Ferrari | 14 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | P1 | 2 | 68 |
| 1975 | Ferrari | 14 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | P1 | 1 | 64.5 |
| 1974 | Ferrari | 15 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | P1 | 4 | 38 |
| 1973 | BRM | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | 17 | 2 |
| 1972 | March | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | — | 0 |
| 1971 | March | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Team-mates
| Season | Team-mate | Constructor | Races | Qualifying | Race | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 15 | 1–13 | 1–1 | 14–73 |
| 1984 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 16 | 1–15 | 3–4 | 72–71.5 |
| 1983 | John Watson | McLaren | 15 | 12–3 | 2–1 | 12–22 |
| 1982 | John Watson | McLaren | 15 | 11–4 | 4–0 | 30–39 |
| 1979 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 13 | 7–6 | 1–0 | 4–3 |
| 1978 | John Watson | Brabham | 16 | 10–6 | 5–0 | 44–25 |
| 1978 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1 | 1–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1977 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 15 | 8–7 | 8–1 | 72–36 |
| 1976 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 14 | 13–1 | 6–3 | 68–25 |
| 1976 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 1975 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 14 | 14–0 | 6–3 | 64.5–25 |
| 1974 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 15 | 13–2 | 5–1 | 38–52 |
| 1973 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | BRM | 15 | 4–10 | 1–0 | 2–9 |
| 1973 | Clay Regazzoni | BRM | 14 | 5–8 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| 1973 | Peter Gethin | BRM | 1 | 1–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1972 | Ronnie Peterson | March | 12 | 2–10 | 1–6 | 0–12 |
| 1972 | Carlos Pace | March | 11 | 2–9 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| 1972 | Henri Pescarolo | March | 11 | 4–7 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| 1972 | Mike Beuttler | March | 10 | 8–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| 1972 | Skip Barber | March | 2 | 1–1 | none | 0–0 |
| 1971 | Henri Pescarolo | March | 1 | 0–1 | none | 0–1 |
| 1971 | Mike Beuttler | March | 1 | 0–1 | none | 0–0 |
| 1971 | Nanni Galli | March | 1 | 0–1 | none | 0–0 |
| 1971 | Ronnie Peterson | March | 1 | 0–1 | none | 0–0 |
Every entry 176 entries
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Where this comes from
- Born
- Died
- Nationality
- Austria
- Status
- deceased
- Entries (published)
- 177
- Starts (published)
- 171
- Wins
- 25 derived · 25 published
- Poles
- 24 derived · 24 published
- Fastest laps
- 24 derived · 24 published
- External source
- F1DB career totals, v2026.18.0
- Confidence
- high
- Source
- https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers
Entries is counted here from the race records, one for every race a driver was entered for, and wins, podiums and poles are counted the same way and checked against the published totals on every build. Starts is counted from those records too: an entry is a start unless the result the source printed says it never was - did not qualify, pre-qualify, start or practise, or excluded before the start - so a pit-lane start counts and so does a retirement on the first lap. The published entry and start figures are a separate count kept for the few drivers who have one, reached by rules this database does not hold. Where a published figure and the counted one disagree, both are shown and neither is corrected.