2019 season#44HAM

Lewis Hamilton

Championship: 1st
2019 champion
Points: 413pts
21 rounds started

Lewis Hamilton, a British driver, raced for Mercedes in the 2019 Formula 1 season with car number 44. Hamilton was born on 7 January 1985. Hamilton won the 2019 drivers' championship with 413 points, 11 wins and 17 podiums – 87 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas.

Hamilton won 11 Grands Prix, the last of them the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton's teammate was Valtteri Bottas; Hamilton led their qualifying head-to-head 14–7 and led the race head-to-head 15–6.

Hamilton scored points in all 21 Grands Prix. Hamilton's average qualifying position was 2.3, with 5 pole positions and 6 fastest laps in races. From grid to flag, Hamilton lost a net 1 place across 21 classified finishes. Hamilton scored 56% of Mercedes' 2019 total of 739 points.

Final 2019 results after 21 rounds. Data: Jolpica F1 API.

Wins

win rate

52%

Podiums

podium rate

81%

Poles

pole rate

24%

Avg finish

2.4

classified races

Best finish

11 times

DNFs

finish rate

100%

Lewis Hamilton points by round

Grand Prix points per round. Dashed line = season average.

Lewis Hamilton vs teammate

Shared Grand Prix only. Qualifying uses the qualifying classification.

vs Bottas · Mercedes

21 shared GPs

Lewis Hamilton

15:6

Race H2H

Valtteri Bottas

Qualifying

147

Race

156

Points

413326

2.4Avg finish2.7

2.3Avg grid3.7

P1Best finishP1

0DNFs2

Lewis Hamilton 2019 results

Every round of the season. Select a race to open it.

Rd	Grand Prix	Quali	Grid	Finish	Gap / status	Sprint	Pts
1	Australian Grand Prix	P1	1	P2	+20.886	–	18
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	P3	3	P1	1:34:21.295	–	25
3	Chinese Grand Prix	P2	2	P1	1:32:06.350	–	25
4	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	P2	2	P2	+1.524	–	18
5	Spanish Grand Prix	P2	2	P1	1:35:50.443	–	26
6	Monaco Grand Prix	P1	1	P1	1:43:28.437	–	25
7	Canadian Grand Prix	P2	2	P1	1:29:07.084	–	25
8	French Grand Prix	P1	1	P1	1:24:31.198	–	25
9	Austrian Grand Prix	P2	4	P5	+22.805	–	10
10	British Grand Prix	P2	2	P1	1:21:08.452	–	26
11	German Grand Prix	P1	1	P9	+19.667	–	2
12	Hungarian Grand Prix	P3	3	P1	1:35:03.796	–	25
13	Belgian Grand Prix	P3	3	P2	+0.981	–	18
14	Italian Grand Prix	P2	2	P3	+35.199	–	16
15	Singapore Grand Prix	P2	2	P4	+4.608	–	12
16	Russian Grand Prix	P2	2	P1	1:33:38.992	–	26
17	Japanese Grand Prix	P4	4	P3	+13.858	–	16
18	Mexican Grand Prix	P4	3	P1	1:36:48.904	–	25
19	United States Grand Prix	P5	5	P2	+4.148	–	18
20	Brazilian Grand Prix	P3	3	P7	+11.139	–	6
21	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	P1	1	P1	1:34:05.715	–	26

Lewis Hamilton: quick facts

Short answers about Hamilton's 2019 season.

What team did Lewis Hamilton drive for in 2019?

Lewis Hamilton drove for Mercedes in the 2019 Formula 1 season.

What car number did Lewis Hamilton use in 2019?

Lewis Hamilton raced with car number 44 in 2019.

How many points did Lewis Hamilton score in 2019?

Lewis Hamilton scored 413 points in 2019 and finished 1st in the drivers' championship, 87 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas.

How many races did Lewis Hamilton win in 2019?

Lewis Hamilton won 11 Grands Prix in 2019. Hamilton scored 17 podium finishes in 21 races.

Who was Lewis Hamilton's teammate in 2019?

Valtteri Bottas was Lewis Hamilton's teammate at Mercedes in 2019. Hamilton led the qualifying head-to-head 14–7 and led the race head-to-head 15–6.

Lewis Hamilton biography

Lewis Hamilton was born in Stevenage, England, in 1985. A McLaren junior from his karting days, he won the Formula 3 Euro Series in 2005 and the GP2 title in 2006 before joining McLaren in 2007, when he missed the title by a single point as a rookie. He became world champion with the team in 2008.

He moved to Mercedes in 2013 and won six more titles there, equalling Michael Schumacher’s record of seven, and set the records for Grand Prix wins and pole positions. He joined Ferrari in 2025 and took his first Grand Prix win in red at the 2026 Barcelona Grand Prix. He races for Ferrari.