Jenson Button vs Kevin Magnussen, 2014

Teammates at McLaren — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 2014 season, Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen competed as teammates at McLaren over 19 races. Button outqualified Magnussen 9 times and finished ahead of him 14 times, while Magnussen outqualified Button 10 times and finished ahead 3 times. Both drivers had 1 podium finish, but Button scored 126 championship points compared to Magnussen's 55, with an average finish of 7.5 for Button and 9.4 for Magnussen.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
910Qualifyingof 19 compared
143Race finishesof 17 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.

2014 season
19
Races together
19
126
Points
55
0
Wins
0
1
Podiums
1
P3
Best finish
P2
8.5
Average grid
8.8
7.5
Average finish
9.4
1
Did not finish
1
Other seasons together:201720162015