Championship record
3
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Ayrton Senna
Jenson Button
Championships
3
1
Wins
41
15
Poles
65
8
Podiums
80
50
Fastest laps
0
8
Career points
614
1,235
Starts
161
309
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna
Jenson Button
Win rate
25.5%
4.9%
Podium rate
49.7%
16.2%
Pole rate
40.4%
2.6%
Points / start
3.8
4.0
Avg grid
P3.1
P10.0
Avg finish
P8.1
P9.7
Finish rate
68.9%
79.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Ayrton Senna
Jenson Button
Overtakes
0
2,746
Overtakes / race
0.0
9.2
Places lost
0
2,334
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
Jenson Button
Mechanical retirements
30
37
Crash retirements
20
22
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 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
2000
1985 · aged 25
First win
2006 · aged 26
1985
First pole
2004
1988 · aged 28
First title
2009 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
+0.3
Season points trajectory
Ayrton Senna
Jenson Button
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ayrton Senna | Jenson Button |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 6 · 8 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 3 · 7 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 2 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 2 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
Team history
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).