Race H2H
20
—
21
41 shared
Qualifying H2H
31
—
10
41 shared
Championship record
3
World titles
7
2
Runner-up
2
6
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 1
1991
P1
1992
P3
1993
P2
Career totals
Ayrton Senna
Michael Schumacher
Championships
3
7
Wins
41
91
Poles
65
68
Podiums
80
155
Fastest laps
0
21
Career points
614
1,566
Starts
161
308
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna
Michael Schumacher
Win rate
25.5%
29.5%
Podium rate
49.7%
50.3%
Pole rate
40.4%
22.1%
Points / start
3.8
5.1
Avg grid
P3.1
P4.9
Avg finish
P8.1
P6.9
Finish rate
68.9%
79.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Ayrton Senna
Michael Schumacher
Overtakes
0
1,503
Overtakes / race
0.0
6.5
Places lost
0
1,353
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
Michael Schumacher
Mechanical retirements
30
31
Crash retirements
20
31
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 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
1991
1985 · aged 25
First win
1992 · aged 23
1985
First pole
1994
1988 · aged 28
First title
1994 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-2.0
Season points trajectory
Ayrton Senna
Michael Schumacher
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ayrton Senna | Michael Schumacher |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 6 · 8 · P1 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 · 6 · P1 | 6 · 9 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 5 · P1 | 7 · 12 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2 · 2 · P1 | 7 · 12 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 2 · 4 · P1 | 6 · 9 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 1 · P3 | 8 · 11 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 3 · 7 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 5 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 6 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 2 · 3 · P1 | 4 · 10 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 1 · P2 | 6 · 12 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuito de Jerez | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 1 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Adelaide Street Circuit | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Okayama International Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Donington Park | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Kyalami | 0 · 2 · 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).