Ayrton Senna

Brazilian · 1984–1994
VS

Mike Hawthorn

British · 1952–1958
Championship record
3
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
0
6
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Ayrton Senna Mike Hawthorn
Championships
3
1
Wins
41
3
Poles
65
4
Podiums
80
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
614
124.64
Starts
161
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
25.5%
6.5%
Podium rate
49.7%
37%
Pole rate
40.4%
8.7%
Points / start
3.8
2.7
Avg grid
P3.1
P5.8
Avg finish
P8.1
P7.1
Finish rate
68.9%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ayrton Senna Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
30
10
Crash retirements
20
1
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
1952
1985 · aged 25
First win
1953 · aged 24
1985
First pole
1958
1988 · aged 28
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1952 1958 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988 1994
Ayrton Senna Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Ayrton Senna Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 6 · 8 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 5 · 6 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Ayrton Senna
MCL
Toleman 1984Team Lotus 1985–1987McLaren 1988–1993Williams 1994
Mike Hawthorn
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19521994
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).