Helios wrote:mnmracer wrote:Yeah, overall he has had 17 retirements, but that alone doesn't say anything without understanding what happened to other drivers.
Hamilton has had 17 retirements from 130 starts, or 13%.
Alonso has had 33 retirements from 218 starts, or 15%.
Vettel has had 19 retirements from 122 starts, or 16%.
Button has had 48 retirements from 251 starts, or 19%.
Räikkönen has had 44 retirements from 195 starts, or 34%.
Retirement-wise, Hamilton's got the best score from all the champions.
Would be more interesting if you could include how many times each of these guys retired when in a winning position or podium place.
That was not what he asked, so that's why I didn't answer that

I don't have the stats for podium retirements, but here's the "retired when in a winning position" from mechanical retirements.
I won't post the entire list here, but if you're interested, feel free to ask me via PM.
In the last 10 years:
- Sebastian Vettel retired from, or lost, the lead 7 times due to mechanical issues
- Kimi Räikkönen retired from … the lead 5 times …
- Lewis Hamilton retired from … the lead 4 times …
- Fernando Alonso retired from … the lead once …
- Rubens Barrichello retired from … the lead once …
- Felipe Massa retired from … the lead once …
- Michael Schumacher retired from … the lead once …
- Jarno Trulli retired from … the lead once …
- Fernando Alonso inherited 8 wins from a competitor’s mechanical failure
- Jenson Button inherited 2 wins …
- Giancarlo Fisichella inherited 1 win …
- Lewis Hamilton inherited 1 win …
- Heikki Kovalainen inherited 1 win …
- Felipe Massa inherited 1 win …
- Kimi Räikkönen inherited 1 win …
- Nico Rosberg inherited 1 win …
- Michael Schumacher inherited 1 win …
- Ralf Schumacher inherited 1 win …
- Sebastian Vettel inherited 1 win …
- Mark Webber inherited 1 win …
Then there's also a couple non-mechanical non-driver issues that have cost drivers victory:
2012 Brazilian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton retires (crashed into by Hülkenberg); Jenson Button wins
2011 British Grand Prix: Sebastian Vettel loses the lead (slow pit stop); Fernando Alonso wins
2010 Hungarian Grand Prix: Sebastian Vettel loses the lead (safety car miscommunication); Mark Webber wins
2010 German Grand Prix: Felipe Massa loses the lead (team order); Fernando Alonso wins
2010 Turkish Grand Prix: Mark Webber loses the lead (crashed into by Vettel); Lewis Hamilton wins
2009 European Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton loses the lead (slow pit stop); Rubens Barrichello wins
2008 Singapore Grand Prix: Felipe Massa loses the lead (pit stop); Fernando Alonso wins
2008 Belgian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton loses the win (post-race penalty); Felipe Massa wins
2008 Canadian Grand Prix: Kimi Räikkönen loses the lead (crashed into by Hamilton); Robert Kubica wins
2007 Brazilian Grand Prix: Felipe Massa loses the lead (team orders); Kimi Räikkönen wins
2003 British Grand Prix: Jarno Trulli loses the lead (priest on track); Rubens Barrichello wins