Championship record
2
World titles
1
3
Runner-up
1
5
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Graham Hill
Jenson Button
Championships
2
1
Wins
14
15
Poles
13
8
Podiums
36
50
Fastest laps
0
8
Career points
289
1,235
Starts
177
309
Rate-adjusted · per start
Graham Hill
Jenson Button
Win rate
7.9%
4.9%
Podium rate
20.3%
16.2%
Pole rate
7.3%
2.6%
Points / start
1.6
4.0
Avg grid
P10.3
P10.0
Avg finish
P10.0
P9.7
Finish rate
58.2%
79.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Graham Hill
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
Graham Hill
Jenson Button
Mechanical retirements
58
37
Crash retirements
13
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: 3 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
1958
Debut season
2000
1962 · aged 33
First win
2006 · aged 26
1962
First pole
2004
1962 · aged 33
First title
2009 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.4
Avg places gained
+0.3
Season points trajectory
Graham Hill
Jenson Button
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Graham Hill | Jenson Button |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 5 · 7 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
Team history
Graham Hill
Team Lotus 1958–1959BRM 1960–1966Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1969Team Lotus 1970Brabham 1971–1972Shadow 1973Lola 1974–1975
Jenson Button
19582017
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).