Alan Jones

Australian · 1975–1986
VS

Ayrton Senna

Brazilian · 1984–1994
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
1975 1978 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993
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
Alan Jones
WIL
Hesketh 1975Embassy Hill 1975Surtees 1976Shadow 1977Williams 1978–1981Arrows 1983Lola 1985–1986
Ayrton Senna
TEA
MCL
Toleman 1984Team Lotus 1985–1987McLaren 1988–1993Williams 1994
19751994
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).