Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alberto Ascari
Jenson Button
Championships
2
1
Wins
13
15
Poles
13
8
Podiums
15
50
Fastest laps
0
8
Career points
134.14
1,235
Starts
32
309
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alberto Ascari
Jenson Button
Win rate
40.6%
4.9%
Podium rate
46.9%
16.2%
Pole rate
40.6%
2.6%
Points / start
4.2
4.0
Avg grid
P3.9
P10.0
Avg finish
P8.5
P9.7
Finish rate
59.4%
79.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alberto Ascari
Jenson Button
Overtakes
0
2,746
Overtakes / race
0.0
9.2
Places lost
0
2,334
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Alberto Ascari
Jenson Button
Mechanical retirements
10
37
Crash retirements
3
22
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: 0 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
2000
1951 · aged 33
First win
2006 · aged 26
1951
First pole
2004
1952 · aged 34
First title
2009 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.6
Avg places gained
+0.3
Season points trajectory
Alberto Ascari
Jenson Button
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alberto Ascari | Jenson Button |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P8 |
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).