As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jenson Button · Kevin Magnussen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.045s
Jenson Button faster by the median gap over 20 sessions
2014
−0.039s
19
2015
−0.615s
1
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
28
—
14
42 shared
Qualifying H2H
28
—
14
42 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P9
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 0
2014
P8
2016
P15
Teammate battle by season
15
4
2014
1
0
2015
Career totals
Jenson Button
Kevin Magnussen
Championships
1
0
Wins
15
0
Poles
8
0
Podiums
50
1
Fastest laps
8
3
Career points
1,235
196
Starts
309
186
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button
Kevin Magnussen
Win rate
4.9%
0%
Podium rate
16.2%
0.5%
Pole rate
2.6%
0%
Points / start
4.0
1.1
Avg grid
P10.0
P13.4
Avg finish
P9.7
P13.6
Finish rate
79.6%
84.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button
Kevin Magnussen
Overtakes
2,746
1,672
Overtakes / race
9.2
9.2
Places lost
2,334
1,722
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
Kevin Magnussen
Mechanical retirements
37
13
Crash retirements
22
9
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 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
2000
Debut season
2014
2006 · aged 26
First win
—
2004
First pole
—
2009 · aged 29
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P2
+0.3
Avg places gained
-0.1
Season points trajectory
Jenson Button
Kevin Magnussen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jenson Button | Kevin Magnussen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Istanbul Park | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 3 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
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).