Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
3
3
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jenson Button
Nigel Mansell
Championships
1
1
Wins
15
31
Poles
8
32
Podiums
50
59
Fastest laps
8
0
Career points
1,235
482
Starts
309
190
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button
Nigel Mansell
Win rate
4.9%
16.3%
Podium rate
16.2%
31.1%
Pole rate
2.6%
16.8%
Points / start
4.0
2.5
Avg grid
P10.0
P6.4
Avg finish
P9.7
P11.1
Finish rate
79.6%
54.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button
Nigel Mansell
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
Nigel Mansell
Mechanical retirements
37
54
Crash retirements
22
25
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 · 7
Milestones & racecraft
2000
Debut season
1980
2006 · aged 26
First win
1985 · aged 32
2004
First pole
1984
2009 · aged 29
First title
1992 · aged 39
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
-4.5
Season points trajectory
Jenson Button
Nigel Mansell
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jenson Button | Nigel Mansell |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P12 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
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).