Jenson Button vs Lewis Hamilton, 2012
Teammates at McLaren — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 2012 season, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton were teammates at McLaren, competing in 20 races together. Hamilton outqualified Button 15 times and finished ahead of him 9 times, while Button outqualified Hamilton 5 times and finished ahead 4 times. Hamilton secured 190 championship points and 4 race wins, compared to Button's 188 points and 3 wins, with both drivers achieving a best finish of 1.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.5–15Qualifyingof 20 compared
4–9Race finishesof 13 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.
2012 season
2020
188190
34
67
P1P1
6.54.3
6.95.3
25