Ayrton Senna
Brazilian · 1984–1994
VS

Gerhard Berger
Austrian · 1984–1997
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
31
17
Qualifyingahead
40
8
Ayrton Senna · Gerhard Berger
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
101 — 48
149 shared
Qualifying H2H
128 — 21
149 shared
Championship record
3
World titles
0
2
Runner-up
0
6
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P3
Finished ahead in the standings: 9 · 0
1985 P4 1986 P4 1987 P3 1988 P1 1989 P2 1990 P1 1991 P1 1992 P4 1993 P2
Teammate battle by season
10
6
1990
13
3
1991
8
8
1992
Career totals
Ayrton Senna Gerhard Berger
Championships
3
0
Wins
41
10
Poles
65
12
Podiums
80
48
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
614
385
Starts
161
210
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna Gerhard Berger
Win rate
25.5%
4.8%
Podium rate
49.7%
22.9%
Pole rate
40.4%
5.7%
Points / start
3.8
1.8
Avg grid
P3.1
P6.4
Avg finish
P8.1
P10.9
Finish rate
68.9%
59%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Ayrton Senna Gerhard Berger
Overtakes
0
235
Overtakes / race
0.0
7.8
Places lost
0
161
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 Gerhard Berger
Mechanical retirements
30
63
Crash retirements
20
23
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
1984
1985 · aged 25
First win
1986 · aged 27
1985
First pole
1987
1988 · aged 28
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-4.5
Season points trajectory
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996
Ayrton Senna Gerhard Berger
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Ayrton Senna Gerhard Berger
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 6 · 8 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Hockenheimring 3 · 6 · P1 2 · 5 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 5 · 6 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Adelaide Street Circuit 2 · 3 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 2 · 4 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 3 · 5 · P1 0 · 5 · P2
Hungaroring 3 · 7 · P1 0 · 3 · P3
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 5 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Detroit Street Circuit 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo do Estoril 1 · 5 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 4 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Circuito de Jerez 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Phoenix street circuit 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Donington Park 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Kyalami 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Brands Hatch 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P10
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P9
Okayama International Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Ayrton Senna
TEA
MCL
Toleman 1984Team Lotus 1985–1987McLaren 1988–1993Williams 1994
Gerhard Berger
FER
MCL
FER
BEN
ATS 1984Arrows 1985Benetton 1986Ferrari 1987–1989McLaren 1990–1992Ferrari 1993–1995Benetton 1996–1997
19841997
Ayrton Senna → Gerhard Berger → 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).