Jarno Trulli
Italian · 1997–2011
VS

Jenson Button
British · 2000–2017
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
9
8
Qualifyingahead
12
5
Jarno Trulli · Jenson Button
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
80 — 128
208 shared
Qualifying H2H
112 — 96
208 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
3
P6
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 5 · 7
2000 P8 2001 P9 2002 P7 2003 P8 2004 P3 2005 P7 2006 P6 2007 P13 2008 P9 2009 P1 2010 P5 2011 P2
Teammate battle by season
9
8
2002
Career totals
Jarno Trulli Jenson Button
Championships
0
1
Wins
1
15
Poles
4
8
Podiums
11
50
Fastest laps
1
8
Career points
246.5
1,235
Starts
256
309
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jarno Trulli Jenson Button
Win rate
0.4%
4.9%
Podium rate
4.3%
16.2%
Pole rate
1.6%
2.6%
Points / start
1.0
4.0
Avg grid
P10.4
P10.0
Avg finish
P12.4
P9.7
Finish rate
68.4%
79.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jarno Trulli Jenson Button
Overtakes
1,751
2,746
Overtakes / race
7.3
9.2
Places lost
1,765
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
Jarno Trulli Jenson Button
Mechanical retirements
52
37
Crash retirements
28
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
1997
Debut season
2000
2004 · aged 29
First win
2006 · aged 26
2004
First pole
2004
—
First title
2009 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.0
Avg places gained
+0.3
Season points trajectory
1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015
Jarno Trulli Jenson Button
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jarno Trulli Jenson Button
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 3 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 2 · P1
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 2 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 1 · 4 · P1
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 3 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 4 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 3 · P2
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 3 · P3
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P2
Valencia Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3
Buddh International Circuit 0 · 0 · P19 0 · 1 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P4
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P8
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P4
Korean International Circuit 0 · 0 · P17 0 · 0 · P4
Fuji Speedway 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P11
Team history
Jarno Trulli
PRO
REN
TOY
Minardi 1997Prost 1997–1999Jordan 2000–2001Renault 2002–2004Toyota 2004–2009Lotus 2010–2011
Jenson Button
BAR
HON
MCL
Williams 2000Benetton 2001Renault 2002BAR 2003–2005Honda 2006–2008Brawn 2009McLaren 2010–2017
19972017
Jarno Trulli → 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).