As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Fernando Alonso · Jenson Button
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.176s
Fernando Alonso faster by the median gap over 33 sessions
2015
−0.045s
14
2016
−0.228s
19
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
162
—
110
272 shared
Qualifying H2H
170
—
102
272 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
1
3
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
10 · 4
2003
P6
2004
P3
2005
P1
2006
P1
2007
P3
2008
P5
2009
P1
2010
P2
2011
P2
2012
P2
2013
P2
2014
P6
2015
P16
2016
P10
Teammate battle by season
6
12
2015
12
8
2016
Career totals
Fernando Alonso
Jenson Button
Championships
2
1
Wins
32
15
Poles
22
8
Podiums
106
50
Fastest laps
25
8
Career points
2,381
1,235
Starts
438
309
Rate-adjusted · per start
Fernando Alonso
Jenson Button
Win rate
7.3%
4.9%
Podium rate
24.2%
16.2%
Pole rate
5%
2.6%
Points / start
5.4
4.0
Avg grid
P9.0
P10.0
Avg finish
P8.9
P9.7
Finish rate
82.6%
79.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Fernando Alonso
Jenson Button
Overtakes
3,478
2,746
Overtakes / race
8.1
9.2
Places lost
3,192
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
Fernando Alonso
Jenson Button
Mechanical retirements
45
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: 13 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
2001
Debut season
2000
2003 · aged 22
First win
2006 · aged 26
2003
First pole
2004
2005 · aged 24
First title
2009 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
+0.3
Season points trajectory
Fernando Alonso
Jenson Button
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Fernando Alonso | Jenson Button |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 3 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 3 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 2 · 7 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 1 · 5 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 9 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 3 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 4 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Valencia Street Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Korean International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Fuji Speedway | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 3 · P3 |
| Buddh International Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P6 | 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).