Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jenson Button
Jochen Rindt
Championships
1
1
Wins
15
6
Poles
8
10
Podiums
50
13
Fastest laps
8
0
Career points
1,235
109
Starts
309
61
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button
Jochen Rindt
Win rate
4.9%
9.8%
Podium rate
16.2%
21.3%
Pole rate
2.6%
16.4%
Points / start
4.0
1.8
Avg grid
P10.0
P6.5
Avg finish
P9.7
P9.9
Finish rate
79.6%
42.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button
Jochen Rindt
Overtakes
2,746
0
Overtakes / race
9.2
0.0
Places lost
2,334
0
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
Jenson Button
Jochen Rindt
Mechanical retirements
37
30
Crash retirements
22
4
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: 4 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2000
Debut season
1964
2006 · aged 26
First win
1969 · aged 27
2004
First pole
1968
2009 · aged 29
First title
1970 · aged 28
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
-3.2
Season points trajectory
Jenson Button
Jochen Rindt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jenson Button | Jochen Rindt |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Jenson Button
Jochen Rindt
Brabham-BRM 1964Cooper-Climax 1965Cooper-Maserati 1966–1967Brabham-Repco 1968Lotus-Ford 1969Team Lotus 1970
19642017
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).