Championship record
1
World titles
5
1
Runner-up
2
3
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jenson Button
Juan Fangio
Championships
1
5
Wins
15
22
Poles
8
28
Podiums
50
31
Fastest laps
8
0
Career points
1,235
260.64
Starts
309
51
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button
Juan Fangio
Win rate
4.9%
43.1%
Podium rate
16.2%
60.8%
Pole rate
2.6%
54.9%
Points / start
4.0
5.1
Avg grid
P10.0
P2.0
Avg finish
P9.7
P4.8
Finish rate
79.6%
76.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button
Juan Fangio
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
Juan Fangio
Mechanical retirements
37
12
Crash retirements
22
0
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
2000
Debut season
1950
2006 · aged 26
First win
1950 · aged 38
2004
First pole
1950
2009 · aged 29
First title
1951 · aged 40
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
-2.8
Season points trajectory
Jenson Button
Juan Fangio
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jenson Button | Juan Fangio |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
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).