Jenson Button vs Takuma Sato, 2005
Teammates at BAR — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 2005 season, Jenson Button and Takuma Sato raced together for BAR, competing in 16 races. Button outqualified Sato 15 times and finished ahead of him in all 8 races where both were classified. Button scored 37 championship points and achieved 2 podium finishes, while Sato earned just 1 point and did not finish on the podium.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.15–1Qualifyingof 16 compared
8–0Race finishesof 8 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.
2005 season
1616
371
00
20
P3P8
5.910.8
5.711.8
68