Championship record
1
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Damon Hill
Jenson Button
Championships
1
1
Wins
22
15
Poles
20
8
Podiums
42
50
Fastest laps
0
8
Career points
360
1,235
Starts
116
309
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill
Jenson Button
Win rate
19%
4.9%
Podium rate
36.2%
16.2%
Pole rate
17.2%
2.6%
Points / start
3.1
4.0
Avg grid
P6.1
P10.0
Avg finish
P8.9
P9.7
Finish rate
68.1%
79.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill
Jenson Button
Overtakes
342
2,746
Overtakes / race
5.6
9.2
Places lost
287
2,334
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
Damon Hill
Jenson Button
Mechanical retirements
18
37
Crash retirements
18
22
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: 1 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
1992
Debut season
2000
1993 · aged 32
First win
2006 · aged 26
1993
First pole
2004
1996 · aged 36
First title
2009 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
+0.3
Season points trajectory
Damon Hill
Jenson Button
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Damon Hill | Jenson Button |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 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).