Jenson Button vs Takuma Sato

Team-mates 2003 to 2005. Compare with someone else

Career totals

Jenson Button		Takuma Sato
18	Seasons	7
305	Starts	90
15	Wins	0
4.9	Win rate %	0
8	Poles	0
50	Podiums	1
16.4	Podium rate %	1.1
8	Fastest laps	0
1235	Points	44
4.05	Points per start	0.49
63	Retirements	28
1	World titles	0
1	Best championship	8

As team-mates: 34 races

Jenson Button		Takuma Sato
26	Finished ahead	3
25	Started ahead (grid)	9
0	Wins	0
12	Podiums	1
127	Points	38

Season by season as team-mates

Season	Races	Race head-to-head	Grid head-to-head	Points
2003	1	1–0	1–0	5–3
2004	18	14–3	10–8	85–34
2005	15	11–0	14–1	37–1

Head-to-head counts races both drivers started for the same team. A driver who finished ahead of a retired team-mate counts as ahead. Grid head-to-head uses the starting grid, so penalties are included.

All shared races: 90

Across every race both drivers started, for any team: Jenson Button finished ahead 61 times, Takuma Sato 16 times. Grid: 73–17. Wins in those races: 1–0. Points: 206–44.

After the same number of starts

Starts	Jenson Button wins	Takuma Sato wins	Jenson Button podiums	Takuma Sato podiums	Jenson Button points	Takuma Sato points
10	0	0	0	0	5	0
25	0	0	0	0	12	13
50	0	0	0	1	27	40
75	0	0	6	1	89	44
100	0	–	12	–	167	–
150	1	–	15	–	232	–
200	11	–	36	–	675	–
250	15	–	50	–	1095	–
300	15	–	50	–	1233	–

Points are under the system of each era, so they compare drivers of the same era best.