Championship record
3
World titles
2
2
Runner-up
3
6
Top-3 finishes
5
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Ayrton Senna
Graham Hill
Championships
3
2
Wins
41
14
Poles
65
13
Podiums
80
36
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
614
289
Starts
161
177
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna
Graham Hill
Win rate
25.5%
7.9%
Podium rate
49.7%
20.3%
Pole rate
40.4%
7.3%
Points / start
3.8
1.6
Avg grid
P3.1
P10.3
Avg finish
P8.1
P10.0
Finish rate
68.9%
58.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ayrton Senna
Graham Hill
Mechanical retirements
30
58
Crash retirements
20
13
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
1958
1985 · aged 25
First win
1962 · aged 33
1985
First pole
1962
1988 · aged 28
First title
1962 · aged 33
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
+0.4
Season points trajectory
Ayrton Senna
Graham Hill
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ayrton Senna | Graham Hill |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 6 · 8 · P1 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P13 |
Team history
Ayrton Senna
Graham Hill
Team Lotus 1958–1959BRM 1960–1966Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1969Team Lotus 1970Brabham 1971–1972Shadow 1973Lola 1974–1975
19581994
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).