Ayrton Senna

Brazilian · 1984–1994
VS

Jack Brabham

Australian · 1955–1970
Championship record
3
World titles
3
2
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Ayrton Senna Jack Brabham
Championships
3
3
Wins
41
14
Poles
65
13
Podiums
80
31
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
614
261
Starts
161
128
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna Jack Brabham
Win rate
25.5%
10.9%
Podium rate
49.7%
24.2%
Pole rate
40.4%
10.2%
Points / start
3.8
2.0
Avg grid
P3.1
P7.4
Avg finish
P8.1
P9.2
Finish rate
68.9%
58.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ayrton Senna Jack Brabham
Mechanical retirements
30
44
Crash retirements
20
8
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
1955
1985 · aged 25
First win
1959 · aged 33
1985
First pole
1959
1988 · aged 28
First title
1959 · aged 33
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-1.8
Season points trajectory
1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990
Ayrton Senna Jack Brabham
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Ayrton Senna Jack Brabham
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 6 · 8 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 5 · 6 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Hockenheimring 3 · 6 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P3 2 · 4 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Brands Hatch 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Kyalami 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P13
Team history
Ayrton Senna
MCL
Toleman 1984Team Lotus 1985–1987McLaren 1988–1993Williams 1994
Jack Brabham
Cooper 1955Maserati 1956Cooper 1957–1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1961Lotus-Climax 1962Brabham 1962Lotus-Climax 1963Brabham 1963Brabham-Climax 1964–1965Brabham-Repco 1966–1968Brabham-Ford 1969Brabham 1970
19551994
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).