Ayrton Senna
Brazilian · 1984–1994
VS

Damon Hill
British · 1992–1999
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
0
3
Qualifyingahead
3
0
Ayrton Senna · Damon Hill
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.620s
Ayrton Senna faster by the median gap over 3 sessions
1994 −0.620s 3
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
11 — 10
21 shared
Qualifying H2H
9 — 12
21 shared
Championship record
3
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
2
6
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 0
1993 P2
Teammate battle by season
0
3
1994
Career totals
Ayrton Senna Damon Hill
Championships
3
1
Wins
41
22
Poles
65
20
Podiums
80
42
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
614
360
Starts
161
116
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna Damon Hill
Win rate
25.5%
19%
Podium rate
49.7%
36.2%
Pole rate
40.4%
17.2%
Points / start
3.8
3.1
Avg grid
P3.1
P6.1
Avg finish
P8.1
P8.9
Finish rate
68.9%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Ayrton Senna Damon Hill
Overtakes
0
342
Overtakes / race
0.0
5.6
Places lost
0
287
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
Ayrton Senna Damon Hill
Mechanical retirements
30
18
Crash retirements
20
18
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
1992
1985 · aged 25
First win
1993 · aged 32
1985
First pole
1993
1988 · aged 28
First title
1996 · aged 36
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-2.8
Season points trajectory
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998
Ayrton Senna Damon Hill
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Ayrton Senna Damon Hill
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 5 · 6 · P1 3 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 6 · 8 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Hungaroring 3 · 7 · P1 2 · 5 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 3 · 5 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 5 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Hockenheimring 3 · 6 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 2 · 4 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Adelaide Street Circuit 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo do Estoril 1 · 5 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Circuito de Jerez 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Donington Park 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Kyalami 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P7
Okayama International Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Ayrton Senna
TEA
MCL
Toleman 1984Team Lotus 1985–1987McLaren 1988–1993Williams 1994
Damon Hill
WIL
JOR
Brabham 1992Williams 1993–1996Arrows 1997Jordan 1998–1999
19841999
Ayrton Senna → Damon Hill → Compare others
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).