As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jenson Button · Rubens Barrichello
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.011s
Rubens Barrichello faster by the median gap over 70 sessions
2006
−0.036s
18
2007
−0.139s
17
2008
+0.069s
18
2009
+0.039s
17
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
105
—
105
210 shared
Qualifying H2H
91
—
119
210 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
2
3
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings:
5 · 7
2000
P4
2001
P3
2002
P2
2003
P4
2004
P2
2005
P8
2006
P6
2007
P15
2008
P14
2009
P1
2010
P5
2011
P2
Teammate battle by season
13
5
2006
5
12
2007
11
7
2008
12
5
2009
Career totals
Jenson Button
Rubens Barrichello
Championships
1
0
Wins
15
11
Poles
8
14
Podiums
50
68
Fastest laps
8
6
Career points
1,235
658
Starts
309
326
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button
Rubens Barrichello
Win rate
4.9%
3.4%
Podium rate
16.2%
20.9%
Pole rate
2.6%
4.3%
Points / start
4.0
2.0
Avg grid
P10.0
P8.9
Avg finish
P9.7
P10.3
Finish rate
79.6%
71.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button
Rubens Barrichello
Overtakes
2,746
1,970
Overtakes / race
9.2
7.4
Places lost
2,334
1,682
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
Rubens Barrichello
Mechanical retirements
37
63
Crash retirements
22
28
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2000
Debut season
1993
2006 · aged 26
First win
2000 · aged 28
2004
First pole
1994
2009 · aged 29
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
-1.4
Season points trajectory
Jenson Button
Rubens Barrichello
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jenson Button | Rubens Barrichello |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 5 · P2 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 5 · P2 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 5 · P2 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · P8 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Istanbul Park | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Valencia Street Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 4 · P3 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 3 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Buddh International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P15 |
| Korean International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
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).