As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jenson Button · Ralf Schumacher
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.606s
Ralf Schumacher faster by the median gap over 4 sessions
2000
+0.606s
4
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
59
—
70
129 shared
Qualifying H2H
44
—
85
129 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings:
3 · 5
2000
P5
2001
P4
2002
P4
2003
P5
2004
P3
2005
P6
2006
P6
2007
P15
Teammate battle by season
5
12
2000
Career totals
Jenson Button
Ralf Schumacher
Championships
1
0
Wins
15
6
Poles
8
6
Podiums
50
27
Fastest laps
8
1
Career points
1,235
329
Starts
309
180
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button
Ralf Schumacher
Win rate
4.9%
3.3%
Podium rate
16.2%
15%
Pole rate
2.6%
3.3%
Points / start
4.0
1.8
Avg grid
P10.0
P7.8
Avg finish
P9.7
P9.9
Finish rate
79.6%
68.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button
Ralf Schumacher
Overtakes
2,746
1,301
Overtakes / race
9.2
7.5
Places lost
2,334
1,072
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
Ralf Schumacher
Mechanical retirements
37
28
Crash retirements
22
27
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 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
2000
Debut season
1997
2006 · aged 26
First win
2001 · aged 25
2004
First pole
2001
2009 · aged 29
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
-2.0
Season points trajectory
Jenson Button
Ralf Schumacher
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jenson Button | Ralf Schumacher |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P3 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Istanbul Park | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P16 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · — |
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).