Championship record
3
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
0
6
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Ayrton Senna
Jochen Rindt
Championships
3
1
Wins
41
6
Poles
65
10
Podiums
80
13
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
614
109
Starts
161
61
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna
Jochen Rindt
Win rate
25.5%
9.8%
Podium rate
49.7%
21.3%
Pole rate
40.4%
16.4%
Points / start
3.8
1.8
Avg grid
P3.1
P6.5
Avg finish
P8.1
P9.9
Finish rate
68.9%
42.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ayrton Senna
Jochen Rindt
Mechanical retirements
30
30
Crash retirements
20
4
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
1964
1985 · aged 25
First win
1969 · aged 27
1985
First pole
1968
1988 · aged 28
First title
1970 · aged 28
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-3.2
Season points trajectory
Ayrton Senna
Jochen Rindt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ayrton Senna | Jochen Rindt |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 6 · 8 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Ayrton Senna
Jochen Rindt
Brabham-BRM 1964Cooper-Climax 1965Cooper-Maserati 1966–1967Brabham-Repco 1968Lotus-Ford 1969Team Lotus 1970
19641994
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).