Milestones & racecraft
1984
Estreia season
1960
1985 · aged 25
Primeira vitória
1962 · aged 26
1985
Primeira pole
1962
1988 · aged 28
First title
1963 · aged 27
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-3.5
Career totals
Ayrton Senna
Jim Clark
Championships
3
2
Vitórias
41
25
Poles
65
33
Pódios
80
32
Fastest voltas
0
0
Pontos na carreira
614
274
Largadas
161
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna
Jim Clark
Taxa de vitórias
25.5%
34.7%
Taxa de pódios
49.7%
44.4%
Pole rate
40.4%
45.8%
Pontos / start
3.8
3.8
Avg grid
P3.1
P3.6
Avg finish
P8.1
P7.1
Taxa de chegadas
68.9%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Championship record
3
World titles
2
2
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
5
P1
Best championship
P1
Temporada points trajectory
Ayrton Senna
Jim Clark
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuito | Ayrton Senna | Jim Clark |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuito de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 · 6 · P1 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuito de Monaco | 6 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuito Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 4 · 6 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuito | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
Team history
Ayrton Senna
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19601994
Basis
Head-to-head counts corridas where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Companheiro section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).