Race H2H
3
—
17
20 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
20
20 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
3
0
Runner-up
2
3
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 1
1986
P4
Career totals
Alan Jones
Ayrton Senna
Championships
1
3
Wins
12
41
Poles
6
65
Podiums
24
80
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
206
614
Starts
117
161
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alan Jones
Ayrton Senna
Win rate
10.3%
25.5%
Podium rate
20.5%
49.7%
Pole rate
5.1%
40.4%
Points / start
1.8
3.8
Avg grid
P11.5
P3.1
Avg finish
P11.4
P8.1
Finish rate
59%
68.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alan Jones
Ayrton Senna
Mechanical retirements
31
30
Crash retirements
14
20
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 3 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
1984
1977 · aged 30
First win
1985 · aged 25
1979
First pole
1985
1980 · aged 33
First title
1988 · aged 28
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-5.0
Season points trajectory
Alan Jones
Ayrton Senna
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alan Jones | Ayrton Senna |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 1 · P2 | 6 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P11 | 5 · 6 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · — | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Detroit Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Adelaide Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuito de Jerez | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Brands Hatch | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Zolder | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).