Championship record
3
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
0
6
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Ayrton Senna
Denny Hulme
Championships
3
1
Wins
41
8
Poles
65
1
Podiums
80
33
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
614
248
Starts
161
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna
Denny Hulme
Win rate
25.5%
7.1%
Podium rate
49.7%
29.5%
Pole rate
40.4%
0.9%
Points / start
3.8
2.2
Avg grid
P3.1
P7.3
Avg finish
P8.1
P8.2
Finish rate
68.9%
69.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ayrton Senna
Denny Hulme
Mechanical retirements
30
29
Crash retirements
20
5
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
1965
1985 · aged 25
First win
1967 · aged 30
1985
First pole
1973
1988 · aged 28
First title
1967 · aged 31
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-1.0
Season points trajectory
Ayrton Senna
Denny Hulme
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ayrton Senna | Denny Hulme |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 6 · 8 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P6 |
Team history
Ayrton Senna
Denny Hulme
Brabham-Climax 1965–1966Brabham-Repco 1966–1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968McLaren-BRM 1968McLaren-Ford 1969–1970McLaren 1971–1974
19651994
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).