Jenson Button vs Takuma Sato, 2004

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

In the 2004 season, Jenson Button and Takuma Sato competed as teammates at BAR over 18 races. Button outqualified Sato 10 times and finished ahead of him in 10 of the 11 races they both classified. Button scored 85 championship points and achieved 10 podium finishes, while Sato earned 34 points and had 1 podium finish.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
108Qualifyingof 18 compared
101Race finishesof 11 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.

2004 season
18
Races together
18
85
Points
34
0
Wins
0
10
Podiums
1
P2
Best finish
P3
5.5
Average grid
8.2
3.6
Average finish
7.5
3
Did not finish
5
Other seasons together:200820072006200520032002