As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jacques Villeneuve · Jenson Button
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.216s
Jenson Button faster by the median gap over 13 sessions
2003
+0.216s
13
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
41
—
57
98 shared
Qualifying H2H
41
—
57
98 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 5
2000
P7
2001
P7
2002
P7
2003
P9
2004
P3
2005
P9
2006
P6
Teammate battle by season
6
9
2003
Career totals
Jacques Villeneuve
Jenson Button
Championships
1
1
Wins
11
15
Poles
13
8
Podiums
23
50
Fastest laps
0
8
Career points
235
1,235
Starts
165
309
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jacques Villeneuve
Jenson Button
Win rate
6.7%
4.9%
Podium rate
13.9%
16.2%
Pole rate
7.9%
2.6%
Points / start
1.4
4.0
Avg grid
P9.1
P10.0
Avg finish
P10.3
P9.7
Finish rate
66.7%
79.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jacques Villeneuve
Jenson Button
Overtakes
1,120
2,746
Overtakes / race
7.0
9.2
Places lost
870
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
Jacques Villeneuve
Jenson Button
Mechanical retirements
38
37
Crash retirements
17
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: 0 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
1996
Debut season
2000
1996 · aged 25
First win
2006 · aged 26
1996
First pole
2004
1997 · aged 26
First title
2009 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.1
Avg places gained
+0.3
Season points trajectory
Jacques Villeneuve
Jenson Button
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jacques Villeneuve | Jenson Button |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P3 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
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).