Championship record
3
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Ayrton Senna
Jody Scheckter
Championships
3
1
Wins
41
10
Poles
65
3
Podiums
80
33
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
614
255
Starts
161
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna
Jody Scheckter
Win rate
25.5%
8.9%
Podium rate
49.7%
29.5%
Pole rate
40.4%
2.7%
Points / start
3.8
2.3
Avg grid
P3.1
P8.0
Avg finish
P8.1
P9.1
Finish rate
68.9%
68.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ayrton Senna
Jody Scheckter
Mechanical retirements
30
21
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
1972
1985 · aged 25
First win
1974 · aged 24
1985
First pole
1976
1988 · aged 28
First title
1979 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
Ayrton Senna
Jody Scheckter
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ayrton Senna | Jody Scheckter |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 6 · 8 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 0 · — | 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).