Championship record
1
World titles
3
1
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jenson Button
Niki Lauda
Championships
1
3
Wins
15
25
Poles
8
24
Podiums
50
54
Fastest laps
8
0
Career points
1,235
420.5
Starts
309
173
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button
Niki Lauda
Win rate
4.9%
14.5%
Podium rate
16.2%
31.2%
Pole rate
2.6%
13.9%
Points / start
4.0
2.4
Avg grid
P10.0
P8.4
Avg finish
P9.7
P10.8
Finish rate
79.6%
56.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button
Niki Lauda
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
Niki Lauda
Mechanical retirements
37
54
Crash retirements
22
19
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
1971
2006 · aged 26
First win
1974 · aged 25
2004
First pole
1974
2009 · aged 29
First title
1975 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
-2.3
Season points trajectory
Jenson Button
Niki Lauda
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jenson Button | Niki Lauda |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Jenson Button
Niki Lauda
March-Ford 1971March 1972BRM 1973Ferrari 1974–1977Brabham 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979McLaren 1982–1985
19712017
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).