Ayrton Senna

Brazilian · 1984–1994
VS

Niki Lauda

Austrian · 1971–1985
Corrida H2H
10 18
28 shared
Classificação H2H
0 0
0 shared
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Estreia season
1971
1985 · aged 25
Primeira vitória
1974 · aged 25
1985
Primeira pole
1974
1988 · aged 28
First title
1975 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-2.3
Career totals
Ayrton Senna Niki Lauda
Championships
3
3
Vitórias
41
25
Poles
65
24
Pódios
80
54
Fastest voltas
0
0
Pontos na carreira
614
420.5
Largadas
161
173
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna Niki Lauda
Taxa de vitórias
25.5%
14.5%
Taxa de pódios
49.7%
31.2%
Pole rate
40.4%
13.9%
Pontos / start
3.8
2.4
Avg grid
P3.1
P8.4
Avg finish
P8.1
P10.8
Taxa de chegadas
68.9%
56.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Championship record
3
World titles
3
2
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 1
1984 P1 1985 P4
Temporada points trajectory
1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992
Ayrton Senna Niki Lauda
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuito Ayrton Senna Niki Lauda
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuito de Monaco 6 · 8 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Circuito de Spa-Francorchamps 5 · 6 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 5 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Hockenheimring 3 · 6 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuito Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P3 3 · 6 · P1
Brands Hatch 0 · 2 · P2 3 · 4 · P1
Kyalami 0 · 2 · P2 3 · 3 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 3 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Detroit Street Circuito 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P13
Circuito Gilles Villeneuve 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Adelaide Street Circuito 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Zolder 0 · 0 · P6 2 · 3 · P1
Autódromo do Estoril 1 · 5 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Silverstone Circuito 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Circuito Paul Ricard 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 0 · — 1 · 3 · P1
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Fair Park 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Ayrton Senna
TEA
MCL
Toleman 1984Team Lotus 1985–1987McLaren 1988–1993Williams 1994
Niki Lauda
FER
MCL
March-Ford 1971March 1972BRM 1973Ferrari 1974–1977Brabham 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979McLaren 1982–1985
19711994
Ayrton Senna → Niki Lauda → Compare others
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).