Jenson Button

British · 2000–2017
VS

Lando Norris

British · 2019–2026
Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jenson Button Lando Norris
Championships
1
1
Wins
15
11
Poles
8
16
Podiums
50
46
Fastest laps
8
20
Career points
1,235
1,421
Starts
309
162
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button Lando Norris
Win rate
4.9%
6.8%
Podium rate
16.2%
28.4%
Pole rate
2.6%
9.9%
Points / start
4.0
8.8
Avg grid
P10.0
P6.5
Avg finish
P9.7
P7.4
Finish rate
79.6%
93.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button Lando Norris
Overtakes
2,746
1,156
Overtakes / race
9.2
7.2
Places lost
2,334
1,096
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 Lando Norris
Mechanical retirements
37
4
Crash retirements
22
3
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
2000
Debut season
2019
2006 · aged 26
First win
2024 · aged 24
2004
First pole
2021
2009 · aged 29
First title
2025 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Jenson Button Lando Norris
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jenson Button Lando Norris
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 3 · 4 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Hungaroring 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Shanghai International Circuit 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 3 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Suzuka Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 3 · P1
Bahrain International Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 3 · P1
Istanbul Park 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P12 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 4 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 2 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Baku City Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P4
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P7
Team history
Jenson Button
MCL
Williams 2000Benetton 2001Renault 2002BAR 2003–2005Honda 2006–2008Brawn 2009McLaren 2010–2017
Lando Norris
MCL
McLaren 2019–2026
20002026
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).