Ayrton Senna

Brazilian · 1984–1994
VS

Kimi Räikkönen

Finnish · 2001–2021
Championship record
3
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
2
6
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Ayrton Senna Kimi Räikkönen
Championships
3
1
Wins
41
21
Poles
65
18
Podiums
80
103
Fastest laps
0
42
Career points
614
1,873
Starts
161
352
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna Kimi Räikkönen
Win rate
25.5%
6%
Podium rate
49.7%
29.3%
Pole rate
40.4%
5.1%
Points / start
3.8
5.3
Avg grid
P3.1
P7.6
Avg finish
P8.1
P8.5
Finish rate
68.9%
81.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Ayrton Senna Kimi Räikkönen
Overtakes
0
2,703
Overtakes / race
0.0
8.0
Places lost
0
2,441
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 Kimi Räikkönen
Mechanical retirements
30
45
Crash retirements
20
21
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
2001
1985 · aged 25
First win
2003 · aged 23
1985
First pole
2003
1988 · aged 28
First title
2007 · aged 28
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019
Ayrton Senna Kimi Räikkönen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Ayrton Senna Kimi Räikkönen
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 5 · 6 · P1 4 · 5 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 6 · 8 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Hungaroring 3 · 7 · P1 1 · 9 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 7 · P1
Hockenheimring 3 · 6 · P1 0 · 3 · P3
Suzuka Circuit 2 · 4 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 3 · 5 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 7 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 1 · P2 2 · 5 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 2 · P3
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 4 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2
Team history
Ayrton Senna
MCL
Toleman 1984Team Lotus 1985–1987McLaren 1988–1993Williams 1994
Kimi Räikkönen
MCL
FER
Sauber 2001McLaren 2002–2006Ferrari 2007–2009Lotus F1 2012–2013Ferrari 2014–2018Alfa Romeo 2019–2021
19842021
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).