As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jenson Button · Lewis Hamilton
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.253s
Lewis Hamilton faster by the median gap over 58 sessions
2010
+0.343s
19
2011
+0.052s
19
2012
+0.381s
20
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
49
—
140
189 shared
Qualifying H2H
34
—
155
189 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
7
1
Runner-up
3
3
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 8
2007
P2
2008
P1
2009
P1
2010
P4
2011
P2
2012
P4
2013
P4
2014
P1
2015
P1
2016
P2
Teammate battle by season
7
12
2010
10
9
2011
9
11
2012
Career totals
Jenson Button
Lewis Hamilton
Championships
1
7
Wins
15
106
Poles
8
104
Podiums
50
207
Fastest laps
8
69
Career points
1,235
5,096.5
Starts
309
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button
Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
4.9%
27.2%
Podium rate
16.2%
53.1%
Pole rate
2.6%
26.7%
Points / start
4.0
13.1
Avg grid
P10.0
P4.7
Avg finish
P9.7
P5.2
Finish rate
79.6%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button
Lewis Hamilton
Overtakes
2,746
2,424
Overtakes / race
9.2
6.3
Places lost
2,334
2,145
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
Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
37
10
Crash retirements
22
14
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
2007
2006 · aged 26
First win
2007 · aged 22
2004
First pole
2007
2009 · aged 29
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
Jenson Button
Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jenson Button | Lewis Hamilton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 8 · 12 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 9 · 16 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 7 · 13 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 7 · 11 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 6 · 10 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 3 · P1 | 5 · 11 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 5 · 11 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 3 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 10 · P1 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 3 · P3 | 5 · 10 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P5 | 5 · 9 · P1 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P4 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 8 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P2 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Istanbul Park | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 6 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P12 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · P8 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Valencia Street Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Korean International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Buddh International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
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).