Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jenson Button
Mario Andretti
Championships
1
1
Wins
15
12
Poles
8
18
Podiums
50
19
Fastest laps
8
0
Career points
1,235
180
Starts
309
128
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button
Mario Andretti
Win rate
4.9%
9.4%
Podium rate
16.2%
14.8%
Pole rate
2.6%
14.1%
Points / start
4.0
1.4
Avg grid
P10.0
P8.6
Avg finish
P9.7
P12.5
Finish rate
79.6%
49.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button
Mario Andretti
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
Mario Andretti
Mechanical retirements
37
49
Crash retirements
22
16
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
1968
2006 · aged 26
First win
1971 · aged 31
2004
First pole
1968
2009 · aged 29
First title
1978 · aged 38
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
-3.9
Season points trajectory
Jenson Button
Mario Andretti
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jenson Button | Mario Andretti |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
Team history
Jenson Button
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford 1968–1969March 1970Ferrari 1971–1972Parnelli 1974–1975Team Lotus 1976Parnelli 1976Team Lotus 1977–1980Alfa Romeo 1981Ferrari 1982Williams 1982
19682017
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).