Ayrton Senna

Brazilian · 1984–1994
VS

Phil Hill

American · 1958–1964
Championship record
3
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
0
6
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Ayrton Senna Phil Hill
Championships
3
1
Wins
41
3
Poles
65
6
Podiums
80
16
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
614
98
Starts
161
51
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna Phil Hill
Win rate
25.5%
5.9%
Podium rate
49.7%
31.4%
Pole rate
40.4%
11.8%
Points / start
3.8
1.9
Avg grid
P3.1
P9.0
Avg finish
P8.1
P9.1
Finish rate
68.9%
70.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ayrton Senna Phil Hill
Mechanical retirements
30
11
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
1958
1985 · aged 25
First win
1960 · aged 33
1985
First pole
1960
1988 · aged 28
First title
1961 · aged 34
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
+0.9
Season points trajectory
1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993
Ayrton Senna Phil Hill
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Ayrton Senna Phil Hill
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 6 · 8 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 5 · 6 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 5 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 2 · P2
Brands Hatch 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Team history
Ayrton Senna
MCL
Toleman 1984Team Lotus 1985–1987McLaren 1988–1993Williams 1994
Phil Hill
Ferrari 1958Maserati 1958Ferrari 1959–1960Cooper-Climax 1960Ferrari 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963ATS 1963Cooper-Climax 1964
19581994
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).