![]() This is clearly a significant defeat for the Finn and is obviously reflected in the 112 point gap in the Championship. Sebastian Vettel scored 5 race wins for the year compared to Kimi Raikonnen’s 2 second places. So how did the scarlet marque’s drivers compare? It was a relatively one sided affair but not without exception. The Finns certainly punch above their weight in Formula 1 but to beat Lewis Hamilton in our H2H matchup in 2018 Bottas is going to have to tap an extra vein of Finnish Sisu and move to a higher and more consistent level of performance. Two poles and a win in the final two races of the season certainly helped Valtteri’s final head to head result after relatively poor performances in many races following the mid-season break. Given the twin challenges of integrating with a new team and dealing with an imperious Lewis Hamilton Bottas ended the season admirably. ![]() At Monza Lewis scored his 69th pole position of his career taking the record for the most pole positions ever from the seven time World Champion. Not only did Hamilton comprehensively beat Bottas in poles in 2017 he also beat a far more decorated driver – Michael Schumacher. Lewis’ ability to get the best out of a car in one flying lap is also highlighted in the 13 to 7 win over Valtteri in qualifying. A Championship winning factor result if ever there was one. More impressive is Hamilton’s nine victories to Bottas’ three. Considering the impressive reliability of Mercedes (only one DNF for the team for Bottas in Spain) and their regular appearance at the pointy end of the field this factor was very close and couldn’t be considered much of a feather in the Finn’s cap. Bottas managed to score a win on a single factor – laps in the top 10. In his fourth Championship winning year Lewis Hamilton was dominant over his new Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. We also tease out the nuances of each rivalry and find out where each driver shines.įor a full description of the stats check out our H2H Explanatory Notes.Īs you’ll no doubt agree it’s difficult to capture everything in just six factors but we think these stats go a long way towards painting a picture of the relative strengths and weaknesses of each driver. With the 2017 F1 season now behind us (urghh!) we’ve pulled together all the data to judge the winner of each intra-team head-to-head (H2H) battle.
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