Jenson Button vs Sergio Pérez

2013·

Jenson Button edged Sergio Pérez 13–6 in the races and 10–9 in qualifying at McLaren in 2013. Jenson Button scored 73 points to 49.

Jenson ButtonSergio Pérez

10Qualifying9

19 shared races

13Race day6

19 shared races

73Points49

in shared races, as awarded at the time

Wins: 0/0
Podiums: 0/0
Poles: 0/0
Retirements: 0/0
Best finish: P4/P5
Avg. grid: 10.5/11

Race by race

Round-by-round comparison of Jenson Button and Sergio Pérez
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Jenson Button	Sergio Pérez	Points
1	1Australian Grand Prix	10/15	P9	P11	2 / 0
2	2Malaysian Grand Prix	7/9	P17▼	P9	0 / 2
3	3Chinese Grand Prix	8/12	P5▲	P11	10 / 0
4	4Bahrain Grand Prix	10/12	P10	P6▲	1 / 8
5	5Spanish Grand Prix	14/8	P8	P9	4 / 2
6	6Monaco Grand Prix	9/7	P6	P16▼	8 / 0
7	7Canadian Grand Prix	14/12	P12	P11	0 / 0
8	8British Grand Prix	10/13	P13	P20▼	0 / 0
9	9German Grand Prix	9/13	P6	P8	8 / 4
10	10Hungarian Grand Prix	13/9	P7	P9	6 / 2
11	11Belgian Grand Prix	6/13	P6	P11	8 / 0
12	12Italian Grand Prix	9/8	P10	P12	1 / 0
13	13Singapore Grand Prix	8/14	P7	P8	6 / 4
14	14Korean Grand Prix	11/10	P8	P10	4 / 1
15	15Japanese Grand Prix	10/11	P9	P15▼	2 / 0
16	16Indian Grand Prix	10/9	P14▼	P5▲	0 / 10
17	17Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	12/8	P12	P9	0 / 2
18	18United States Grand Prix	15/7	P10	P7	1 / 6
19	19Brazilian Grand Prix	14/19	P4▲	P6▲	12 / 8
	Average finish		P9.1	P10.2

How to read this table

The driver ahead in a round is shown in bold, the other in grey. Grid shows Jenson Button / Sergio Pérez.
P1 a win,P3 a podium,DNF a retirement.
▲ a finish at least 4 places better than that driver’s own average finish this season (see the average row), ▼ at least 4places worse. Retirements are not counted in the average.

Jenson Button’s career Sergio Pérez’s career McLaren 2013 season All teammate battles

How these numbers are calculated

Only races both drivers started are counted. Entries that did not qualify, did not pre-qualify or were withdrawn are excluded, as are cars that never left the grid or the garage, and the Indianapolis 500 of 1950–1960.
Until the mid-1960s drivers could share a car during a race. Each driver is compared from the car they started (which sets their grid position), with the best result of any car they drove and the points from all of them, as officially credited.
Qualifying is compared on grid position rather than session times. Session-by-session qualifying data only exists from 1994, while grid position is recorded for over 99% of entries right back to 1950 — including every race of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
On race day the driver classified ahead takes the round. If neither was classified, the one who completed more laps is credited; if both retired on the same lap it is scored as a tie and excluded from the tally.
Points are those awarded at the time and include sprint races from 2021. Where the season used an older system, a second points row rescores every round under the current system so seasons from different eras can be compared.
These are points scored in the races both drivers started, not their season totals: races either missed, or contested alongside a different teammate, are left out. Up to 1990 even full-season totals differ from the championship standings, because only a driver’s best results counted towards the title. In 1988 Alain Prost outscored Ayrton Senna 105 to 94 and still lost the championship. Theseason page has the final standings.