Ayrton Senna

Brazilian · 1984–1994
VS

Denny Hulme

New Zealander · 1965–1974
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
1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993
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
MCL
Toleman 1984Team Lotus 1985–1987McLaren 1988–1993Williams 1994
Denny Hulme
MCL
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).