British- Championship
- 1st2020 champion
- Points
- 347pts16 rounds started
Lewis Hamilton, a British driver, raced for Mercedes in the 2020 Formula 1 season with car number 44. Hamilton was born on 7 January 1985. Hamilton won the 2020 drivers' championship with 347 points, 11 wins and 14 podiums – 124 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas.
Hamilton won 11 Grands Prix, the last of them the Bahrain Grand Prix. Hamilton's teammate was Valtteri Bottas; Hamilton led their qualifying head-to-head 11–5 and led the race head-to-head 12–4.
Hamilton scored points in all 16 Grands Prix. Hamilton's average qualifying position was 1.7, with 10 pole positions and 6 fastest laps in races. Hamilton scored 61% of Mercedes' 2020 total of 573 points.
Final 2020 results after 17 rounds. Data: Jolpica F1 API.
Season statistics
Wins
11
win rate
69%
Podiums
14
podium rate
88%
Poles
10
pole rate
Lewis Hamilton: quick facts
Short answers about Hamilton's 2020 season.
What team did Lewis Hamilton drive for in 2020?
Lewis Hamilton drove for Mercedes in the 2020 Formula 1 season.
What car number did Lewis Hamilton use in 2020?
Lewis Hamilton raced with car number 44 in 2020.
How many points did Lewis Hamilton score in 2020?
Lewis Hamilton scored 347 points in 2020 and finished 1st in the drivers' championship, 124 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas.
How many races did Lewis Hamilton win in 2020?
Lewis Hamilton won 11 Grands Prix in 2020. Hamilton scored 14 podium finishes in 16 races.
Who was Lewis Hamilton's teammate in 2020?
Valtteri Bottas was Lewis Hamilton's teammate at Mercedes in 2020. Hamilton led the qualifying head-to-head 11–5 and led the race head-to-head 12–4.
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.
