Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jenson Button
Jody Scheckter
Championships
1
1
Wins
15
10
Poles
8
3
Podiums
50
33
Fastest laps
8
0
Career points
1,235
255
Starts
309
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button
Jody Scheckter
Win rate
4.9%
8.9%
Podium rate
16.2%
29.5%
Pole rate
2.6%
2.7%
Points / start
4.0
2.3
Avg grid
P10.0
P8.0
Avg finish
P9.7
P9.1
Finish rate
79.6%
68.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button
Jody Scheckter
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
Jody Scheckter
Mechanical retirements
37
21
Crash retirements
22
13
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
1972
2006 · aged 26
First win
1974 · aged 24
2004
First pole
1976
2009 · aged 29
First title
1979 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
Jenson Button
Jody Scheckter
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jenson Button | Jody Scheckter |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
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).