Ayrton Senna

Brazilian · 1984–1994
VS

Lando Norris

British · 2019–2026
Championship record
3
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Ayrton Senna Lando Norris
Championships
3
1
Wins
41
11
Poles
65
16
Podiums
80
46
Fastest laps
0
20
Career points
614
1,421
Starts
161
162
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna Lando Norris
Win rate
25.5%
6.8%
Podium rate
49.7%
28.4%
Pole rate
40.4%
9.9%
Points / start
3.8
8.8
Avg grid
P3.1
P6.5
Avg finish
P8.1
P7.4
Finish rate
68.9%
93.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Ayrton Senna Lando Norris
Overtakes
0
1,156
Overtakes / race
0.0
7.2
Places lost
0
1,096
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 Lando Norris
Mechanical retirements
30
4
Crash retirements
20
3
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
2019
1985 · aged 25
First win
2024 · aged 24
1985
First pole
2021
1988 · aged 28
First title
2025 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020 2026
Ayrton Senna Lando Norris
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Ayrton Senna Lando Norris
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 6 · 8 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 5 · 6 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Hungaroring 3 · 7 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 3 · 5 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Hockenheimring 3 · 6 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 4 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Ayrton Senna
MCL
Toleman 1984Team Lotus 1985–1987McLaren 1988–1993Williams 1994
Lando Norris
MCL
McLaren 2019–2026
19842026
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).