Giancarlo Fisichella
Italian · 1996–2009
VS

Jenson Button
British · 2000–2017
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
11
6
Qualifyingahead
13
4
Giancarlo Fisichella · Jenson Button
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
77 — 95
172 shared
Qualifying H2H
74 — 97
171 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
3
P4
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 5 · 5
2000 P6 2001 P11 2002 P7 2003 P9 2004 P3 2005 P5 2006 P4 2007 P8 2008 P18 2009 P1
Teammate battle by season
11
6
2001
Career totals
Giancarlo Fisichella Jenson Button
Championships
0
1
Wins
3
15
Poles
4
8
Podiums
19
50
Fastest laps
1
8
Career points
275
1,235
Starts
231
309
Rate-adjusted · per start
Giancarlo Fisichella Jenson Button
Win rate
1.3%
4.9%
Podium rate
8.2%
16.2%
Pole rate
1.7%
2.6%
Points / start
1.2
4.0
Avg grid
P11.4
P10.0
Avg finish
P11.0
P9.7
Finish rate
71%
79.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Giancarlo Fisichella Jenson Button
Overtakes
1,809
2,746
Overtakes / race
8.2
9.2
Places lost
1,373
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
Giancarlo Fisichella Jenson Button
Mechanical retirements
37
37
Crash retirements
29
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
1996
Debut season
2000
2003 · aged 30
First win
2006 · aged 26
1998
First pole
2004
—
First title
2009 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.4
Avg places gained
+0.3
Season points trajectory
1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017
Giancarlo Fisichella Jenson Button
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Giancarlo Fisichella Jenson Button
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 3 · 4 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Sepang International Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P6 2 · 2 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 4 · P2 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 3 · P2 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 3 · P1
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 4 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 2 · P1
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 4 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 3 · P2
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 3 · P3
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 2 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P2
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P8
Valencia Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P3
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P4
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P4
Fuji Speedway 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P11
Team history
Giancarlo Fisichella
BEN
REN
Minardi 1996Jordan 1997Benetton 1998–2001Jordan 2002–2003Sauber 2004Renault 2005–2007Force India 2008Ferrari 2009Force India 2009
Jenson Button
BAR
HON
MCL
Williams 2000Benetton 2001Renault 2002BAR 2003–2005Honda 2006–2008Brawn 2009McLaren 2010–2017
19962017
Giancarlo Fisichella → Jenson Button → Compare others
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).