As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jenson Button · Sergio Pérez
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.003s
Sergio Pérez faster by the median gap over 19 sessions
2013
+0.003s
19
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
59
—
58
117 shared
Qualifying H2H
63
—
53
116 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings:
4 · 2
2011
P2
2012
P5
2013
P9
2014
P8
2015
P9
2016
P7
Teammate battle by season
13
6
2013
Career totals
Jenson Button
Sergio Pérez
Championships
1
0
Wins
15
6
Poles
8
3
Podiums
50
39
Fastest laps
8
12
Career points
1,235
1,585
Starts
309
293
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button
Sergio Pérez
Win rate
4.9%
2%
Podium rate
16.2%
13.3%
Pole rate
2.6%
1%
Points / start
4.0
5.4
Avg grid
P10.0
P10.2
Avg finish
P9.7
P9.6
Finish rate
79.6%
89.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button
Sergio Pérez
Overtakes
2,746
2,738
Overtakes / race
9.2
9.6
Places lost
2,334
2,272
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
Sergio Pérez
Mechanical retirements
37
10
Crash retirements
22
14
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 · 8
Milestones & racecraft
2000
Debut season
2011
2006 · aged 26
First win
2020 · aged 30
2004
First pole
2022
2009 · aged 29
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
+0.7
Season points trajectory
Jenson Button
Sergio Pérez
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jenson Button | Sergio Pérez |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Istanbul Park | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 3 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Valencia Street Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Buddh International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Korean International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
Team history
Jenson Button
Sergio Pérez
Sauber 2011–2012McLaren 2013Force India 2014–2018Racing Point 2019–2020Red Bull 2021–2024Cadillac F1 Team 2026
20002026
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).