Fernando Alonso vs Jenson Button, 2016
Teammates at McLaren — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 2016 season, Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button were teammates at McLaren, competing in 20 races together. Alonso outqualified Button 15 times and finished ahead of him in 7 races, while Button finished ahead 5 times. Alonso scored 54 championship points compared to Button's 21, with both drivers achieving no race wins or podium finishes.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.15–5Qualifyingof 20 compared
7–5Race finishesof 12 compared
Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.
2016 season
2020
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12.213.0
10.211.2
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