Emerson Fittipaldi
Brazilian · 1970–1980
VS

Jenson Button
British · 2000–2017
Championship record
2
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Emerson Fittipaldi Jenson Button
Championships
2
1
Wins
14
15
Poles
6
8
Podiums
35
50
Fastest laps
0
8
Career points
281
1,235
Starts
146
309
Rate-adjusted · per start
Emerson Fittipaldi Jenson Button
Win rate
9.6%
4.9%
Podium rate
24%
16.2%
Pole rate
4.1%
2.6%
Points / start
1.9
4.0
Avg grid
P11.9
P10.0
Avg finish
P10.8
P9.7
Finish rate
66.4%
79.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Emerson Fittipaldi Jenson Button
Overtakes
0
2,746
Overtakes / race
0.0
9.2
Places lost
0
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
Emerson Fittipaldi Jenson Button
Mechanical retirements
39
37
Crash retirements
5
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: 5 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
1970
Debut season
2000
1970 · aged 23
First win
2006 · aged 26
1972
First pole
2004
1972 · aged 25
First title
2009 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
+1.2
Avg places gained
+0.3
Season points trajectory
1970 1976 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 2012
Emerson Fittipaldi Jenson Button
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Emerson Fittipaldi Jenson Button
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 3 · P2 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 3 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Red Bull Ring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 3 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P3
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P12
Fuji Speedway 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P11
Team history
Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus 1970Lotus-Ford 1971Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 1971Team Lotus 1972–1973McLaren 1974–1975Fittipaldi 1976–1980
Jenson Button
MCL
Williams 2000Benetton 2001Renault 2002BAR 2003–2005Honda 2006–2008Brawn 2009McLaren 2010–2017
19702017
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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).