Championship record
3
World titles
2
2
Runner-up
2
6
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Ayrton Senna
Emerson Fittipaldi
Championships
3
2
Wins
41
14
Poles
65
6
Podiums
80
35
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
614
281
Starts
161
146
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna
Emerson Fittipaldi
Win rate
25.5%
9.6%
Podium rate
49.7%
24%
Pole rate
40.4%
4.1%
Points / start
3.8
1.9
Avg grid
P3.1
P11.9
Avg finish
P8.1
P10.8
Finish rate
68.9%
66.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ayrton Senna
Emerson Fittipaldi
Mechanical retirements
30
39
Crash retirements
20
5
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 · 5
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
1970
1985 · aged 25
First win
1970 · aged 23
1985
First pole
1972
1988 · aged 28
First title
1972 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
+1.2
Season points trajectory
Ayrton Senna
Emerson Fittipaldi
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ayrton Senna | Emerson Fittipaldi |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 6 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 2 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P11 |
Team history
Ayrton Senna
Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus 1970Lotus-Ford 1971Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 1971Team Lotus 1972–1973McLaren 1974–1975Fittipaldi 1976–1980
19701994
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).